THE spscnss OF KTSISTICA
no,-™ 20 to 26 pa l liT, r f" ^ 1 «»¡„
21 i»„ bLdth 3.5 6 " pet r ; r "to I"";
l i - f l o w e r r f du,te« from vo.'v , j «Lannollod. .Ifife > „ „ j.
absent; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ " o-
In,I. V. 104. ° fil- «• Br.
-.1 nnest trees in Southern India, having masnifioentlY
O l t o y r f (i,„s. 3 & S are coped from Colonel Beddomo's Fl. S/jlv. 368).
slnmng, pale brownish-green when dry; lower nnif„r,„ly ooycred with a olose k yer of
cmuamoueous, m nute st-pllafi» i u • • • <=>a »lou ¡i 1,105« layer or
^ ^ n d . ' - :
t,:: Iter"™«' '-»'""r'-^r"'''
W t r « f™»®;'™^»-»""!. '»balar, minatoly scnrfy-tomentose outside, glabrous
Withm the teell, rathor deep, snb-.oote; eylindric, nearly as Ion. as Z
perianth, slightly apicnlate; anthers about 10, linear, Lnato stall/noa^ a^ 1 ™ . a
the column, scurfy mfons-tomoolose. n„ t „ „ „ „ f,„; M i J ^ V ,
o r BRITISH I^•DIA-
Pcrak: at elevations under 150 feet; c
The loaves of this species greatly i
:ommon. King's Collector, Wray.
i-csemble those of iM. iners. Bl.; but the fruit of
this is larg-or and less pointed: moreover, it is rufous-tomentoso, while the fruit of M. iners
is pale yellowish-f^reen and almost glabrous.
PLATE 116. Wyristica cinnamonca, King. 1, Branch with r
3, the same in section; 4, arillus and seed; 5, seed witiioi
mc; 6, male flower—dissccled; 7, androscium—CK^a/v/cci. '
ale flowers; 2, ripe fruit
; arillus—nil of nature
11. MVEISTICA CR.^.SSA, n. sp. King. A tree 40 to 60 feet high; young branches
rather stout, very dai-k-colourcd, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, elliptic-oblong
or oblanceolate-obloug, sub-acute, the base cuneate; both surfaces glabrous, the lower
pale, sub-glaucous; main nerves, 15 to 22 pairs, slightly prominent, spreading; length
7 to 12 in., breadth 2'5 to 4 in,; petiole 1 to ]-25 in,, stout. Male Jloivers in manyflowered,
sessile umbels from short, woody, axillary peduncles; pedicels -35 in. Ion"-,
tomeutose like the flowers; bracteole orbicular-ovate, rugose, closely embracing half
the flower on one side. Perianth minutely rusty-tomcntose, ovoid when young, urceolate
and slightly constricted below the middle when adult, the apex pointed, 3.cleft to
about a third of its length, tliR teeth ovate-acute; andrceciim narrowly ovoid,
apiculate; anthers U to 18, linear, closely attached to the coluoiii; stalk of column
often nearly as long as itself, lepidote. Female flowers unknown. FriUi solitary or
in clusters of 2 or 3, pedunculate, ovoid-globose, slightly pointed, the base rounded
or sub-truncate, minutely rufous-puberulous, l-o to 3 in. long and half as much in
diameter; pcricarp thick, succulent; arillus fleshy, laciuiate, yellow, extending to tho
apex of the ovoid seed.
Perak: at low elcvatio
Malacca; Cantleij.
; Kin<Ss Collector; Waterfall Hill, Wray ^o. G4Ö; common.
The fruit is eaten by the Chinese settlers. I have named thii
thickness and soft texture of the pericarp. The arillus and seed
fragrance.
PLATE 117. Myristica crassa. King. 1, Branch with male flowers;
3, section of fruit showing arillus and seed—o f natural size; 4, i
ail d i x e c i i u m — J .
from tlie great
considerable
nature fru
flower;
12. MYRISTICA LOWIANA, n. sp. King. A tree GO to 80 feet high; glabrous, except
the inflorescence and fruir; young branches rather stout, rough, dark-colourcd. Leaves
coriaceous, oblong to clliptic-oblong, sometimes slightly obovate; apex acutc, the base
ouneate or sub-cuneate, often slightly unequal; upper surface shining, the lower
dull, sub-glaucrous; nerves 16 to 20 pairs, prominent on both surfaces (impressed on
the upper), evanescent towards the margin; length 6 to 10 in., breadth 1-7.5 to 3 in.;
petiole -75 to 1 in,, stout. Male flowers in donse, many-flowered glomerul
shorter
than the petioles, from small solitary tubercles in the axiis of leaves or of fallo
leaves;
pedicels -15 to -3 in, ; bracteole large, ovate or obovate-rotund, embracing moi
••e than
half the perianth on one side, rusty-pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Periam
'h -1 in.
long, ovoid, fleshy, cut about a third of its length into 3 blunt, broadly trl
teeth, pubesccnt outside, glabrous and striate inside; andrcectuin ellipsoid:
stalk
stout, much shorter than column, ovoid, puberulous; anthers about 10 to 14 n;
rowly
ovate. Female floiccrs unknown. Fruit ovoid, pointed at each end, 2o to
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