T H E SPECTES OF JIOISTICA
P r a i n i i , Eiiui.
4, arillus cove
1, Brand;-with male panicles; 2,
i n g seed—0/ mtwal she : 5, m.
•ipe fruit
le flovver:
500
PLATE 126. %mtic
3, section of ripe fruit ;
8, andrcccium—
23. MYRISTICA KINGII, Rook, fil Fl Br. Ind. v. 106. A tree 30 feet hi^h • vounrr
branches very stout rough, scurfy-puberulous at the very tips. Leaves thiuly coriaceo^,.^
obovate or oblanceolate, slightly oblique, shortly and sometimes bluntly acuminate much
narrowed to base; upper surface dull, dark brown wi:en dry, the lower pale browi
both glabrous, except the scurfy-pubescent midrib when young; nerves U to IS pairs
slender, spreading; length 6 to 10 in., breadth to i o in.; petiole -75 to 1'25 in'
Male panichs from the a^^ils of fallen leaves, about 3 in. long, their branches .shorti
spreading, scurfy-tornentose. Flowers on very short pedicels, not crowded, 'l^ in. in
diam., globose, scurfy-tomentose; perianth thick, the teeth triau-nzlar, acute I'labrou^
i n s i d e ; sessile, depressed-globose, the apex concave, obscurely ^3-cleft•
a n t h e r s about 30, completely united, convex. Fmak panicles only 1 to l-3o in. lone,
stout, rigid, the flowers ohovoid, -15 to -2 in. long; perianth very thick, often only bifid!
not 3-toothed; ovary sessile, obovate; the stigma small. Fruit ovoid, taperin.' to each
end, 1-0 to 1-75 in, long and 1 in. in diam.; pericarp thin, leathery, minutely rugose,
glabrous ; peduncle stout, -35 in. long ; arillus thin, ileshy, entire, completely enveloniii<r
t h e narrowly ovoid, pointed, smooth seed. °
Sikki'm Himalaya: ult. 1,000 to 2,000 feet, A^in;/, Gamn-ie. Assam; llikii
Simons; Sibsagar, Jenkins; Satsua, Masters; Cachar, G. Mann.
PLATE 127. Myristica Kiugii, Hook. fil. I, Branch wirh male panicles ;
panicle ; 3, ripe fruit; 4, vertical section of same through the albumen ;
enveloping secd-o/ natural ske; 6, male flower; 7, the same seen from
androBcium ; 9, female flower; 10, o\'&ry~-enlarged.
• Kills,
, female
5, arillus
above ; 8,
2 4 . MTEISTICA AMYGDALISA. Wall. PI As. Rar. i. 79, t. 90.
y o u ng branches rather stout, the bark cinereous, rough; tlie tip;
A tall glabrous tree;
, . . dark, smooth. Leaves
membranous, oblanceolate to elliptic-oblanccolate, acute, the base much narrowed- when
d r y both siirfaces rather dull, the lower pale brown; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, faint,
s p r e a d i n g ; length 4 to 7 in., breadth 1'25 to 2 in., petiole -4 to -75 in. Male panichs
3 to 4 in. long and 2 to 3 in. broad, spreading, many-flowered, axillary, puberulous or
glabrous. Flowers under -1 in. in diam., globular, glabrous; perianth thin, usually with
3 broadly triangular teeth, but sometimes only bifid; pedicels as long as the perianth.
Andrmeiiim sessile, depressed-globose; anthers about 15, linear, convex, confluent.
Female flowers in short, few-flowered racemes on the older branches, globular, glabrous,
'15 in. in diam. bifid or trifid, the pedicel about as long as the perianth; ovary sessile
broadly ovoid, apiculate, hooked, glabrous. Fruit 1-5 in. long, narrowly ovoid, pointed,
glabrous, grooved on one side, the pericarp fleshy; arillus thin, fleshy, laeiniate from the
apex, the lubes narrow, often imbricate. Seed oblong-cylindi-ic, -8 in. long; reticulate,
smooth. Wall. Cat. 6797; Hook. fil. ^ Thorns. Fl. Ind. 100 (excl syn. M. exaltata. Wall.)
A. DO. in Prod. xiv. 1, 203 {exel. var. JJookeri); Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, p. 67.
M.-floribunda, Wall. Cat. 6805.
Silhet, Wallich. Cacliar; G. Mann.- Assam, .Masters. Kliasia, Hooker. Burmah,
Wallich, Eelfm-, No. 4358, Brandis, Falconer.
This species cannot .be very much different from M.. glalra, Bl.
O F BIAILSH I-VDIA. 301
PLAI-K 123.
Myris
Wallich PI. A.
M a s t e r s ) ; 3, ripe fi
of natural size; 10,
13, female flower
14,
X amygda l ina , Wall. 1, Branch with ripe fruit (copied from
»0); 2, raale panicle (from a specimen collected in Assam by
4 & 5, sections of ripe fruit; 6 to 9, seeds and arillus—
0 flower; 11, the same seen from above; 12, andrcecium;
XTy—<inlarried.
2Ó. MYRISTICA SUCOSA, n. sp. Kin¡j. A tree 60 to 100 feet high; young branches
r a t h e r stout with rather rough bark, the tips of which, as well as the !eaf-buds and
surfaces of the youngest leaves, are covered with deciduous, scurfy, minute tomentum.
Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, much narrowed
f r om the middle or above it to the petiole; both surfaces glabrous, the lower paler;
main nerves 9 to 14 pairs, prominent aud minutely winged on the lower surface, inconspicuous
on the upper; length 5 to 10 in., breadth 2 to 3 in.; petiole -5 to -75 in. Male
panieles from the branches below the leaves, 3 to i'D in. long including the peduncle,
f r om 2 to 3 in. wide, branching above, their branchlets scurfy ; pedicels slender, -la to "2
in. long. Flowers nu)nerous, sub-globular, -1 in. iu diam.; perianth puberulous externally,
glabrous within, with several bold vertical lines, inflated, bivalved or with 3 triangular
t e e t h ; andrcecium sessile, sub-globular, truncate; stamens 10, sub-equal, sub-erect,
connate by their sides, the apices free. Female panides axillary, stoat, rigid, spreading,
md about 1'25 in. broad. Floioers o void-globose, glabrous;
t r i a n g u l a r teeth; ouary sessile, o void-glob ose, glabrous;
ged on one side. Fruit solitary or 2 or 3 in a raceme;
v e r y succulent, glabrous, 2 3 to 3 iu. long and 1'75 to
•75 in. long; pericarp '5 in. thick. ^Saci? ovoid, about
¡uvelopiiig the whole of the seed, slightly laciiiiate
rus ty-pube rulous , 1 5 i . loi
perianth fleshy, with 3 short
stigma sessile, grooved, prolon<
when ripe ovoid or pyriform,
2 in. in diara. ; peduncle woody, 1-7
1-25 in. long; arillus ileshy, yello-
Wroy No. 467. Malacca, Mai.
md conduplicate at the apex, otherwise entire.
P e r a k : Kiwfs Collector Kos. 4078, 4647 & 10475;
{Row Distrib. No. 1300).
By the kindness of Sir Joseph Hooker (who was so good as to copy it for
me), I am able here to quote Maingay's MSS. note made on his specimen No. 1300
(Kew Distrib.) while it was fresh. Ii is as follows:—"Fruit ovoid, very succulent,
broad and obtuse at the base, fleshy, 2;} X 2+ in., pale ycllowish-bufl or pinkish
above, perfectly shining and glabrous. Epicarp distinct. Arillus rather fleshy, -j^,- of
a n inch thick, pde yellow, slightly lobed at the apex. Putamen dark brown, crastaceous,
covered by a thin pale green membranous investment which, for want of a
b e t t e r name, I call endocarp. A small tree which, when in full bearing, presents a
very elegant appearance from the abundance of pomiforui, shining, bu£E or yellow,
f r u i t ; 2, male panicle;
5 & G, male flowers;
l a r g e fruit,"—Malacca, 2Sth May 1867.
PLATE 172. Myristica sucosa. King. 1, Branch with young
3, female paniclc; 4, section of ripe fruit—o/ natural size;
7, andrrocium; 8, female flower; 9, o'^sxy—enlarged.
26. BIYKISTICA TOITENTOSA, Hook. fil. cy Thorns. Fl. Ind. 161 (not of Bhme's Bijdr. 577,
nor of Tkmh.) A tree 15 to 60 feet high; young branches slender, rusty stellate-toinentose,
as are tiie lower surfaces of the younger leaves and the branches of the inflorescence.
Leaves sub-coriaceo\\s, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, sometimes oblanceolate or lanceolate; apex
suddenly acute or sub-acute, base cuneate; upper surface glabrous, dull brown when dry;