THE SPECIES OR MYEISTIGA
long „„d l-3o to 1.0 m. m diani, covered „¡th rafou,, woolly tomentam, r„g„l„se
m,deme.t , the tomoalunj, the ridges protrading and gl.brous; .rillus thin, extending to the
apex oi the seed, its sides cut into wide areola; ucd ellipsoid, blunt at both en£, about
¿ in. long. '
Perakr Smtichmi Sa. I5Ô1; Km)', Colled«- Nos. 5537, 7258.
Named ¡„ honour of Sir Hugh Low, K.C.M.o., late British Besident at Perak, to
whose over.ready help Malayan Botanists were, for forty years, much beholden.
iLATB 120. ily„stica Lowiana, Kiu,. 1, Branch with male flowers; 3, ripe fruit-
0/ mo« oee; 3, seed with arillus; 4, the same with arillus remoTed : 5, mate flower-
»/ natuml me ; 6, male flower ; 7, androecium and bracteole-ti./oiyeá.
13. MvRisTICi MMSOAVI, Moot. f l . Fl. Br. Ind. T. 104. A tall tree; young branches
rather stout, at first rustj-tomentose, afterwards glabrous, with thin, usually dark
bark, often ridged. glabrous, coriaceous, linear-oblong, acute or suh-aeuminate •
upper surface shimng, lower dull, rather darker than the upper; nerves 16 to 18 pairs'
slightly promiuent beneath, impressed above, evanescent towards the mar-in- length
0 0 to 8 i„., breadth 1.25 to I.7Ô in.; petiole .8 to -9 in. rust^o'uiento'se,
2o in long; m di.ooping, solitary, axihary, 10- to 18-floivered, shortly 2- to 3.branched
nmbellate cymes; pedicels-15 in. long; bracteole half-orbicular, embracing the lower half
01 the flower on one side. Pericnth ovate, rusty-tomentoso outside, granular withinteeth
ovate, aculo; mdroeckm fusiform, shortly apiculate ; anthers 7 or S linearstalk
of column very short, rutous-villous. Fmmle Jlomr unknown. Fmit oblono- 3
to 3-.0 m. long and 1-5 in. in diam., blunt, glabrous ; peduncle -75 to 1-25 in. Ion-, stout
woody; pericarp thick, fleshy. Arillus fle.hy, reaching to the apex of the seed, deeply
imbriate m its upper half. Seed ellipsoid, smooth, 3 in. long
No 2435°"' " P« » " ® ; 0,rli,
P L i l E 114.^ Myristica Maingayi, fl . 1, Branch with male flowers; 2, ripe fruit -
3, section of ripe fruit ; 4, arillus and seed; 5, lateral view of seed-. / nauLl
6, male flower; 7, male flower kid open; 8, andrcEcium-e»/»-i,ri.
t AKDAMA»^, Boot. fl. Fl. Br. In,l. v. 103. A glabrous tree, 35
to 40 fee high; young branches slender, smooth. membranous at first, coriaceous
when old ovate-elliptic or elliptic-oblong, or sometimes obovate-oblong, apex acute
base rounded or cuneate; upper surface shining, pale green whon dry; lower dull palé
but not glaucous, the midrib strong; lateral nerves 12 to 15 pairs, spreading rather
straight, thin in young leaves, but stout in old ones; length 9 to 14 in., breadth 4 fa
b m.; petiole 1 to 1-35 in., stout. 3Ii,le e,jme, snpra-axiflary, on short woody peduncles
8- to 12-flowered; buds sub-globosc, -15 in. in diam.; pedicels about -2 iu. long- U»
bracteole large, sub-orbicular, puberulous outside, embracing the lower half of the flower
on one side ; perimth globular, with short triangular acute teolh, puberulous outside
glabrous witiim; andrcecmm short, thick; anthers aboút 15, linear, extending almost
to apex of the column, but not to its base. Femtle fewer, unknown. Fruit broadly
ovoid, 2 to 2-5 in. long, glabrous; pericarp thickly coriaceous, sub-succulent - arillus
enveloping the whole of the seed but much laciniato at the sides; need irregulariy
grooved, shining, ovoid or ovoid-cylindric. M. ellipticn. Run FL B. Burm ii 282
{mt of JFall.)
o r BEIIISH INDIA, 295
Andaman Islands: at Mount Harriet, elevation 1,200 feet ; Kurz, KineJ, Colleelor
^ PuiE 115. Myristica Andamanica, //«oi. f l . 1, Branch with male flowers; 2 & 3
r.pe fru.t; 4, section of ripe fruit; 5, seeds covered by arillus-o/ natural d'.e : 7, male
flower and andrcecium—er'
l o . MYRISTICA EILIPTIOA. Wall. Cat. 6708^. A tree 60 to 80 feet high - younobranche,
rather slender, pale, at first rusty-puberalous, afterwards glabrous like afl
the other parts. Leaue, thickly coriaceous, pale whon dry, elliptic, oblong-dliptie to
Imear-oblong, shortly and rather bluntly acuminate, acute or sub-acute ; the base
cuneate, slightly unequal ; upper surface shining, the lower dull, palo, glaucous ; nerves
8 to 12 pairs, slender, sub-ascending, midrib stout ; length 5 to 8 in breadth 1-75
to 3 in.; petiole -5 to -75 in. Male jlmer, in shortly pedunculate, slightly supra,
axillary umbels rather longer than the petioles; pedicels -1 to -2 in.; bractcole suborbicular.
l'„ianth -35 in. long, elongate and narrowly tubular, sub-nrceolate, divided
lor J to 1 Its length into 3 narrowly ovate-acute teeth, with many black glandular
dots on both sui-faces ; puberulous or glabrous outside, glabrous within. Andra,eiam
cylmdric, nearly as long as the tube ; the stalk short and as thick as the column -
anthers about 10, linear. Female flowers nmbellate like the males ; p.rianti distinctly
urceolate; the lobes ovate, blunt; ovar,j sessile, adpi-essed-pubescent, elongate-ovoid
tapering above mto the obUqne lateral stigma ; style 0. Fruit oblong, ridged alonthe
suture, slightly gibbous, 2-5 to 3 in. long, glabrous ; pedicel proper -25 in. long"
stout ; pericarp rather thick, succulent; arillus'enveloping tlie whole of the cylindric
tapering seed but much lacini.te at the sides, rather suocnleut, red". Emlc. fl JJ
' W . Fl. Ind. 162 ; Hook. fl. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 102 ; A. DO. in Fred, xiv 1 190
il/,5. Fl. Ind. Bat. i, pt. 2. 58. M. oalocarpa, Mi,. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 11 • Su,ml
383 ; Ann. Mue. Lu.jd. Bat. iï. 48. M. syeocatpa, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2 68 -
Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii, 48. '
Miquel's type specimens of M. edoearp, from Sumatra and Borneo agree with
this perfectly, and he himself reduced M. syeoearpa here {Ann. Mm. Lugd. Bat. ii 48)
This comes very near M. succedanea, Beinw. (Bnmphia i. 186 ; jK,?. Fl. 1ml Bat í
pt. 2, 56; é- Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 56), which has, however, rufous-tomentosé
fruit.
Penang and Singapore, Wallieh, Ridley. Malacca, Maiwjay (Eew Dütríb. 1396)
Perak, /i,»/s Colleetor, Wrag, Seerteehini.
PLATE 113. Myristica elliptica. Wall. 1, Branch with male flowers ; 2, ripe fruit—
of natural size ; 3, male flower and androecium ; 4, femiile—enlarged.
16. MYEISTIOA SÜAVIS, ». sp. King. A free ; all parts glabrous, except the minutely
pubescent leaf-buds and flowers ; young branches rather stout, cinercus, striate, the tips
dark-coloured and smooth. Beatles coriaceous, clliptic-lanceolate, acute at either'end, the
base slightly unequal-sided ; upper surface glabrous, dull, the lower paler ; main ná-ves
20 to 25 pairs, rather straight, spreading, their apices evanescent, impressed on thé
upper, but bold and prominent on the lower surface ; length 6 to 9 in., breadth 3 to
2-35 in. ; petiole 1 in., stent, channelled in front, líale fewer, 2 to 4, on short woody
racemes from the axils of the loaves, or close together on the branches below the
leaves ; pedicels about -1 in. long ; bracteole broad, half-orbicular, embracing the base
of the flower on one side. Berianû, narrowly campanulate, cut half-way down into 3