n i E SPIÍCIES OP MYRISTXCA
triangular, acute, recurved teeth, scurty-tomenloso outside, gkbrcus iuskle; m<i-„i,„„
shertly stalked, cylmdnc, not apiculate ; anthers about 6, linear, coiinato. Famk Jlmmlike
the male, but ivith longer, stouter pedicels and shorter teeth; mry narrowly ovoid
minutely tomentose; slignm sessile, divided by a central groove into t>vo oblen» lobes -
ar.llus oí young seed extending to ils apex, deeply and narrowly laciniate. F,-uÜ
uniínown,
Selandor; Singapore Botanic Garden Collectors.
I i.ave seen only a single specimen of this, tindly lent to mo by 3Ir. H M Ridley
I>.l..s , Director ot the Botanic Garden, Singapore. It is very distinct tioin any other
species of this section by its oampanulate male flowers, which are borne on short ,vart-hke
racemes. The female flowers on the sohtarj specimen which I have seen have i indimentary
anther,, as shown in figuro 6 of the accompanying plate. The youn.- fruit
IS veiy fragrant, haying a powerful odenr of pimento and nutmeg combined °
Pn»™ 121. Myristica snavis, Ekg. 1 & 2, branches with male flowers ; 3, branch
with recently fertilised ovaries-»/ siz. ,• 4, male flower with its bracteole;
0, andrcecium; 6, ovary and stigma with rudimentary stamens; 7, recently fertilised
ovary; 8, arillus from recently fertihsed oynlG—enlari/ed.
SOB-SECT. Hoespieldii. jlftfe fowers minute, in many-flowered glomeruli, mixed
with sub-persistent bracteoles on large, open, branching panicles. Amlrmium and fruU
as in Etiimjrisüea.
17. JlYEiSTIOi Hohspieldh, Bhms Bijir. 577 ^ Bumpim i. 192, t 63 (mt of
Wall.) A tree 40 or 60 feet high; young branches rather slender; at first densely
and minutely tawny tomentose, ultimately glabrous, shining, dark-colouredvery
coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or oblong, acute; the edges when dry slic^htlv
recurved, the base rounded or sub-emarginate; upper surface glabrous, shining;
lower at first rusty-tomentose, finally glabrous and pale; main nerves 16 to 24
pairs, prominent beneath, spreading and interarching submarginally; len.^th 7 to
10 in., breadth 2-5 to i-o in.; petiole -75 to 1 in., stout. M.k pmickl axillary
spreading, 3 to 5 in. long and 3 in. broad, softly rusty-tomentose. FloJn
numerous, very small, closely packed in small capitules -20 to -,5 in. in diam which
are distantly scattered upon the stout rnfous-tomentose branches and raobis
Peru,,«, obovate, -05 in. in diam., sessile, glabrous; tho bracteoles between tlie flowers
sub persistent, orbicular, woolly outside; mdraseim, sessile, clavato, depressed at the
top; anthers about 0, linear, confluent. Mmal, panük, short, few-flowercd; »mi,»i/,
as in tho male; ovary ovoid-globose, rnsty-tumentose; stigma sessile. F„il shortly
pedmi.Jed, sub-globnlar, obtuse, slightly grooved, glabrous, about 2 in. in diam • porica™
succulent; arillus pale, fleshy, entire, completely enveloping the smooth ovoid seed
nook. fl. !,• nam. Fl. hul. 1G.3; Uook. fú. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 106; A BO in Prod
xiv. 1, 200; Mi,- Ind. Bat. i. f t . 2, p. 63 («rf. .,¡,„. M. ferruginca. Wall., from
all Í& M,so,.!,). B. glomerata, Mi,. PI. Jungh. i. 171. M. fry.gliedi, G r t Frmt
1. 196, t. 41, fig. 4 (sarrf, xgn.) Pyrrhosa Horsfieldii, Wiaht Ic. 1357 ba,l\
Horsfieldia odoiata, Wilht. Sp. PL iv. 872.
Ceylon, common; Singapore and Java (cultivated).
Dr. Trimen informs me that tl.is is a common tree in the low country in
Ceylon. It is truly wild there, and ho never saw it cultivated. Blume's oiiinal
spelling was M. HortficUia, but he afterwards corrected it to M. Uonfsldii,
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P l ì t b 123. Myristica Horsfieldii, BUmo. j 1, Branch with male panicles; 2,
ycrtical section of a glomeruks of male flowers—o/ mtiiral s.V« ; 3 & 4, male flowers
3 and 4-cleft; 5, Tcrtical section of flower showing andrajcium-eiiiaryrf.
F l ì t e 12.3. Myristica Bcrsfieldii, Blmio. I 1, Branch with ripe frait; 2, vertical
section of ripe fruit and seed-o/ «attirai dtc-, 3, panicle of female flowers ; 4, ovary
after the fall of the porianth-sn&ryirf. (Ali copied from a iramng ìciadlg knt to me
Dr. Trimen, F.H.S., of Ute Peradmhja Botanieal Garden.)
Sect. //.—Ptkeiiosa (Ptjrrhosa, Blnme). Male flowers minute, in manyflowered,
branching, often large and spreading, panicles ; periimtk ebraeteolate,
usually 34oothed, sometimes 44ootlied ; andracimn short, sub-globnlar or 3-
gonous, rarely cylindrio, usually sessile ; anthers not elongate, completely attached
to the column by their backs, the apices sometimes free for a short way.
Fruit globose or ovoid-globose ; the pericarp usually leathery and only sli"-htly
succulent. °
13. MvmsTiCi ruLTA, ». sp. King. A tree; yenng branches ratiicr stout, pale brown,
slightly tough, scurfy, rufeus-pubctulous when very young. Uaves very ooriaceousi
elliptic-oblong, slightly obovate, sub-acute, the base cuueate; both surfaces dull pale
brownish (when dry), tho lower the paler; main nerves 12 to 14 pairs, stout rather
straight, spreading, the petiole and the midrib on both surfaces scurfy rnfons-pubcscent,
otherwise glabrous; length 5 to 6'5 in., breadth 1-75 to 2'3o in.; petiole -25
to -4 in., stout. Male fewen from tho young branches bolow the leaves, 'in crowded,
spreading, many-flowered, scurfy, stellate-pubescent, rufous panicles, 2 to 3 in long'
Flo.er, elongate-OYoid or slightly obovoid, -15 in. long; perianth leathery, glabrous'
on both surfaces, divided for \ or i of its length into 3 broadly triangular teeth.
Anflraeiam sessile, cylindric, slightly apiculate; anthers about 10, linrar-elongate,
connate from base to apex. FenaU jtowen unknown. Frait from the branches below
the leaves, solitary, on woody, warted, often curving peduncles -5 in. or more long
ovoid, compresscd, slightly pointed, glabrous, 1 in. long and -75 in. in diam.; pericarp
thick, sub-succnlent, ddiiscing into 2 divaricating valves; arillus thin but tough, entire
completely enveloping the broadly ovoid seed; testa shining, thin, the rugulose llbumcn
appearing through it.
Malacca: Maingay {Kew Distrih.) No. 1304. Perat, Seorteehini Ko. 184A.
Maingay's MSS. note on the fruit of his No. 1304 is as follows:—" Fruit sub-globose,
U by li in., glabrous, pale yellowish; pericarp thick, fleshy, -2 to '3 in. thick; aril
complete, slightly lobed at the top, clear reddish-orange j testa sliglitlj crustaceous
pale brown."
P l a t e 124. Myristica fulva, King. 1, Branch with panicles of male flowers (from
¡Scortechini's specimen No. 18-lA); 2, fruit (from Maingay's No. 1304)—o/ natural me •
a, male flower; 4, andrcEciuui—enlarged.
19. Myristica Mtotoni, SOOL fil. Fl. Br. Ind. r. 105. A tree 70 feet high •
young brunches stout, nistily-tomentose, as are the young leaves beneath and the
psnioles. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, acute, the base rounded