Ordo CLXIII. MYR1STICACEAB (1) 
Pistaciarum pars fam. 2. /». 345.—Laurorum pars. Juss. 
gtn. p, 81. — Myristicfe® Br. prodr. Non.-Botl. (1810), 
p. 109. — Aristolochiae, c. Reichb. consp. p. 86. — Myris- 
tic^ie Barii, ord. p. 220, Lindi, introd. nat. syst. ed. 1 ,p. 23, 
Blum Rumpftia 1. p. 179, Endt. gen. p. 829. enrh. p 418 
Meisn. gen. p . 323, 329 et comm p 241. — Myristicace® 
Horan. prim. lin. p. 61, Lindi, intr. ed. % p. 15, veg. 
kmgd. p. 301 (exci. Hyalostemma qua Miliusa ex Hook f. 
et V 1 )' LLook.f. et Thoms. ft. ind. l,/>. 153, Alph. DC. 
Wle svr le$ Myrist. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 4, ». 4, p. 20. 
Flpjres dioiqi, Perigqnium (verisimiliter calyx) 3-labom, nuqc ip 
eadem planta 2-4-lobum. lobis a^stiyatiqne vplvan. Stamina3-18, 
saepius 6-12, monadelpha, filamentis nempe in stipitem glabrum 
connatis; antheris (ubi 3) cum lobis perigonii alternantibus (ex sect. 
» Otoba), linearibus vel ovalibus, bilociilaribus, longitudina- 
hter extrorsurri dehiscentibus, circa aut super apicem stipitis dorso 
vel basi adnatis, saepius qonnatis, nunc a medip vel a basi liberis; 
connectivis perspicuis, ^mpe in dentem brevissimum cuique anther® 
Djoprium velqnmibuscommunemdesinentibps Pollensph»ricum(ex 
M. fragrante. diospyrifplia) aut spbaerico-trigonum (ex M. sebifera, 
Otpba). Ovarium superum; stigmate sub$es$ili, vix biloho vel dpr 
presso-capitato,QvuIum e basi ovarii unicum, anatropurp. Fructus 
carnosqs, tarde valvis 2, rarissime 4 dehispeps Semen sessile, 
anllodio basi tupuliformi, a medip saepius lohatpet quasi lacerato, 
rubro vpl aurantiacp, carnoso vej tenui, saepe suaveolente inyo- 
jitum; testae strato extprno membranaceo vel carnosulo, interno 
qurp; raphe lineari, exterae perspicua, a basi seminis ultra apicem 
extensa, cjialaza inde non solum supera, sed paulo laterali, tumida; 
endoplevra tepui, plicis interne aucta, exsiccatione a plicis segre¬ 
gata; albumine ruminato, plicis nempe ex endoplevra sese insi- 
nuantibqs- Embryo minimus prope hilum; cotyledonibus divergen¬ 
ti ovatis, planis vel undulatis; radicula brevi infera conica.— 
Arbores (rarius frutices) tropicae, in Asia meridionali frequentiores, 
in America australi non rarae, in insulis Africae australis rarissimW, 
ip continente afrieano adhuc incognitae, s«pe aromaticae, succo 
acrido saepe rubicundo scatentes; novellis et inflorescentia ple¬ 
rumque stellato-tpmentosis; foliis alternis, distichis, integerrimis, 
saepe pellucido-punctulatis, penninerviis, vernatione conduplicata* 
limbo nempe secus nervum centralem longitudinaliter involuto vel 
6) Auctore Alph. de Candoll*. " ' 
