Nux unica, ovalis, faepe fubglobofa , paulo
obliqua, glabra, tenuis, fragilis, monofper-
ma, tegumento teda carnofo, pingui, luteo,
in fruclu jnniori integro, dein in vittas Ion-
gitudinales, inaequaies, ilexuofas fubdivifo.
Nucleus ovalis 1. fubglobofus, magnitudine pi-
fi maximi, albidus, gyris ferrugineis nota-
tus, fubftantia duriufcula, fed M. aromaticae
mollior.
O b f . M o f c h a t B o om dicitur Incolis Surinamenii.
bus, nomen a facie, odore et fapore
fructus derivatum. Qu alitas aromatica
fugax; ’ ’per 8 circiter dies fructù ma-
” turo loco nucis mofchatae utuntur in-
” colae, his praeteritis vim fere omnem
’’ perdit et callus evadit.” Holander.
febifera. M Y R IS T IC A , foliis oblongis ba-
fi emarginatis fubttis fruótibusque
tomentofis. Prodr. p. 96.
Virola febifera, A ubl. Guian. 904.'
tab. 345.
Habitat in fylvis paludofis et raon-
tibus Cayennae et Guianae. A u-
BLEt. 11.
j^ jrb o r , 4 0 - 5 0 - p e d a i i s ( A u b l e t . )
Rami f u b d i v i f i l o n g i , h o r i z o n t a i i t e r p a t e n t e s
]. d e c l in a t i g l a b r i 5 ramulis t e r e t ib u s t o m e n -
t o f o - f e r r u g in e i s .
Folia p e t i o l a t a , a l t e r n a , o b l o n g a t a , b a f i e m a r g i .
n a ta f u b c o r d a t a , a c u t a , i n t e g r a , g l a b r a , p a r a l le
l e n e r v o f a , v e n o f a , r i g i d i u f c u l a , fu b tu s f e r -
r u g i n e o - t om e n t o f a , f e r e p e d a l i a .
Petioli b r e v i f f im i , t r i - 1. q u a d r i - l i n e a r e s , t e r e -
tes fu p r a fu l c a t i .
Racemi l a t e r a l e s , fu p r a a x i l la s f o l i o r u m c o m .
p o f i t i , r a n i i s p a t e n t i b u s , f e r r u g i n e o - t o m e n -
t o f i s j f lo r ib u s t e rm in a l ib u s f e f f i l ib u s f u b c a -
p i ta t is y d io i c i s .
Mafc. Perianthium t u r b i n a t u m , 3 - d e n t a t u m , f e r *
r u g i n e o - t O o m e n t o f u m . Dentes a c u t i .