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CXVII. MYRISTICACEvE. 
[. Knema. 
Selangor (Kirnstier). Perak, Tapah; Batang Padang (Wray); 
Goping; Chanderiang (Kunstler). Penang (Curtis). Distrib. 
Tenasserim. Native names : Chendarah Laut; Singgah Putih. 
(7) K. Wrayi Warb. Monog. Myrist. 572, t. xxiv.; Gamble, 
l.e. 243. Myristica Wrayi King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 315, t. 151. 
Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, 4 to 6 in. through. Leaves thin cori¬ 
aceous, narrow elliptic, acute, base round or sub-cuneate, dark 
green above, silver grey beneath; nerves 13 to 20 pairs, prominent 
beneath; 5 to 7 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. 
Male flowers many in rusty puberulous umbels on woody tubercles ; 
pedicels slender, -2 in. long. Perianth globose, 3- to 4-lobed, 
lobes ovate thick. Androecium, stalk short, disc sub-triangular; 
anthers 13 to 17 on short filaments. Fruit oblong-ovoid, glabrous, 
1-25 in. long, yellow tinged red. Seed ovoid, aril entire covering 
seed. Hob. Woods, low country, Singapore, Sungei Jurong. 
Johor, Tempayan River. Perak, Ulu Bubong; Kwala Dipang; 
Larut (Kunstler); Ulu Leding (Wray). 
(8) K. conferta Warb. Monog. Myrist. 578, t. xxiv.; Gamble, l.c. 
243. Myristica conferta King, Ann. Bot, Gard. Calc. hi. 365, t. 150. 
Tree about 30 to 40 ft. tall; young parts rusty-tomentose. 
Leaves coriaceous, oblong, acute or acuminate, base round or 
slightly cordate, scurfy beneath when young, otherwise glabrous; 
nerves 14 to 28 pairs, parallel elevate beneath; 5 in. long, 2 in. wide; 
petioles thick, *15 in. long. Male flowers densely crowded axillary 
clusters 20 to 30, rusty-pubescent. Pedicels -2 in. long; bracteole 
in middle. Perianth globose 3-angled, *14 in. across; teeth broad, 
triangular. Androecium stalk obconic; anthers 8 to 18 on short 
filaments. Female flowers larger, obovoid or urceolate, teeth 
short. Ovary tomentose. Fruit 1 to 2, ovoid blunt, 1-25 to 2 in. 
long, red-tomentose, yellow. Aril red. Hab. Common in woods, 
Singapore, Bukit Mandai; Changi. Malacca, Pulau Besar. 
Pahang River, Pulau Chengei. Perak, Thaiping (Wray); Ulu 
Bubong. Penang, Pulau Betong (Curtis). Distrib. Andamans, 
Borneo. Native name : Penara Batu. 
var. Scortechinii Warb. M. Scortechini King, Ann. Bot. Gard. 
Calc. l.c. 315, t. 153. Leaves longer and narrower and fruit smaller 
and globose. Perak, Goping (Scortechini); Gunong Batu Putih; 
Tapah (Wray). 
(9) K. furfuracea Warb. Monog. Myrist. 581, t. xxiv.; Gamble, 
l.c. 245. Myristica furfuracea Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 112. King, 
Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. 318, t. 155. 
Small tree about 30 ft. tall; young branches covered with 
reddish-tawny tomentum. Leaves coriaceous, narrow-oblong lan¬ 
ceolate acute or acuminate, base cordate, glaucescent beneath, 
glabrous except midrib red-tomentose beneath; nerves 18 to 36, 
prominent; 13 in. long, 2-5 to 3 in. wide; petioles thick, -25 in. 
long. Male flowers 6 to 8 in rusty pubescent umbels on woody 
