THE SPECIES OF MmiSTICA
!owcr reddisli-broTTii, sub-glabresccnt -when old, stellate msty-tomentose -wbeu young;
nerves 12 to 15 pairs, sub-erect, rather straight, sliglitly prominent on both surfaces; lengtli
() to 10 in., breadth 2-5 to 8-2.5 in.; petiole about -6 in., slender. Male panicles 2 5 to
4 in. long, many-branched and many-flowered, the branches spreading, laxly rufous-
-tomentose; buds globose, on pedicels -05 in. long, ebracteolate; perianth glabrous, thin, divided
half-way into 3 or 4 broad triangular acute toeth. Andrcecium sessile, depressed-globose,
obtusely 3 or 4-angled; anthers 12 to 15, narrowly ovoid, much iucurvcd at either
end, confluent. Female Jlnvers unknown; the youug fruits in short, solitary, 8 to 10-
floTvered racemes. Ripe fruit in lax racemes of 3 to 5, -75 to 1 in. long, ovoid, slightly
flattened, ridged along the suture, sub-glabrous; poricarp fleshy; pedicel about -So in.
l o n g ; arillus fleshy, entire, not laciniate or areolate, enveloping the whole of the shining
seed. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 105; A. DC. in Prod. xiv. 1, 204; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat.
1. pt. 2, p. 68. Myristicacea, Wall. Ccd. 9025.
Penang, Curtis No. 1748; Malacca, Mairujay {Keio Diatrib.) No. 12S4, Canilei/;
Porak, Kinr/^s CoUecior; common.
PLATE 129. Myristica tomentosa, /J. ^ Thorns. 1, Branch with male flowers;
2, twig with young fruit; 3 & 4, ripe fruit; 5 & 6, arillus and seed—o/ mtural size;
7, male flower; 8, andrcecium; 9, andi'ceciuni from above—enlanjed,
27. MIRÍSTICA RUBIGINOSA, n. sp. King. A tree 20 to SO feet high; yoimg branches
stout, at fii-st densely rufous-tomentose, ultimately deeply striate, tomentoso on the rido-es
and glaucous in the furrows. Leaves large, thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, very shortly
a n d suddenly acuminate, or blunt, the edges slightly recinved when dry, base rounded
or very slightly cuneate; upper surface deeply reticulate, rugulose, scabrid from numerous
short, stiff, branching, rusty hairs; the midrib and nerves rusty-tomentosej glabrescent
when old; lower surface densely and uniformly covered with bright, reddish-brown,
stellate tomentum, the reticulations prominent; main nerves 16 to 19 pairs, spreading
a n d arching within the margin, prominent on the lower, depressed on the upper surface";
l e n g t h 10 to 12 in., breadth 4 to 5 5 in. ; petiole -1 to -25 in., tomentoso. Male panicles
f r om the axils of leaves or of fallen leaves, 7 to 9 in- long and 2'5 to 3 in. broad
branching from the base, many-fiowered, the rachis and branches rufous-lanate. Flowers
glabrous, globular, -Oo in. in diam., in small crowded racemes at the apices of the
b r a n c h l e t s ; pedicels as long as the flowers, glabrous. Perianth thin, witii black dots, the
t e e t h 3 or 4, triangular; andrcecium sessile, turbinate; anthers about 15, confluent, convex.
Female flowers and fruit unknown.
Singapore; Einr/^s Collector No. 1233.
PLATE 130. M3-ristica rubiginosa. King. 1, Branch with male panicles—O/ natural
size; 2, male flower; 3, male flower dissected; i , anchcacmm-enlarged.
28. MYRISTICA FLOCCULOSA, n. sp. Ki^g. A tree 40 to CO feet h igh; branchlets stout;
when young densely clothed with thick, felted, bright rufous tomentum; when old subglabrous,
striate, rough and cinereous. Leaves large, coriaceous, ohlong-Ianceolate or
oblanceolate, sub-acute or acute, the edges revolute whcu dry; the base rounded or
s l i g h t l y cuneate; npper surface hispid-puberulous ; the midrib and nerves flocculenttomentose
when young, but ultimately glabrous; lower densely covered with pale rufoua,
stellate, flocculent tomentum, the edges recurved when dry; main nerves 15 to 20 pairs.
o p BRITISH INDIA. 303
impressed on the upper, boldly prominent on the under suvfaco, rather straight, but
i n t e r a r c h i n g close to the margin ; length 12 to 18 in., breadth 4 to 7 in.; petiole -5 to
1 in., very stout, tomentose. Mak panicles robust, spreading, many-flowered, from the
axils of fallen leaves, 6 to 8 in. long and 3 to 4 in. broad ; rachises and peduncles
flocculent rufous-tomentose. Flowers -1 in. long, ovoid-globose, slightly obovoid, inflated,
pedicelled, ebracteolate, glabresccnt; the perianth thin, its teeth 3 or 4, rather shallow,
a c u t e ; pedicels 2 to -25 in. long, slender, glabrous. Andrcecium sub-sessile, obovate, its
apex truncate, non-apiculate; anthers about 10, elongate, confluent. Female flowers
unknown.
P e r a k ; alt. about 600 feet. King's Collector No. 8618.
PLATE 131. Myristica flocculosa, King. 1, Branch with panicle of male flowers—
of natural size; 2, male flower; 3, andrcecium—enlarged.
29. MYRISTICA WALLICHII, Uoolt. fil. ^ Thorns. Fl. hid. IGl. A tree 100 feet or
more in height; young branches stout, rather rough, of a dark-grey colour, the youngest
minutely rusty-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, oblong and acute, or rarely elliptic and
blunt, the base sub-truncate, emai-ginate, or sub-cuneato; upper surface shining, greenishbrown,
glabrous; lower surface rufous-brown, loosely and deciduously stellate-tomentose;
main nerves 16 t o 22 pairs in the oblong, but only 10 to 12 in the elliptic forms, stout,
r a t h e r straight, sub-ascending, forming bold sub-marginal areolaj; length of the elliptic
forms 6 to 8 in., breadth about 4 in. ; length of the oblong forms 10 to 14 in.,
b r e a d t h 3 to 4'25 in.; petiole -5 to -75 in., stout, channelled. Male panicles 4 to 12 in.
long, stout, spreading, rufous-tomentose, axillary or from the axils of fallen leaves,
many-flowered; flowers glabrous, globose, -1 in. long, ebracteolate, on very short
tomentose pedicels, in compact globose clusters of 8 to 10; perianth flesliy, glabrous,
sometimes granular, teeth 3 or 4, triangular, acute; andrcecium sessile, obovate-globose,
t h e apex depressed, deeply 3-cleft; anthers about 15, incurved, confluent. Female panicles
stouter and much shorter than the male and fewer-flowered, the flowers larger; perianth
coriaceous, tomentose externally at the base, otherwise glabrescent, teeth 3, spreading;
ovartj globose, sessile, glabrous; stigma sessile, small, linear. Fruit (quite young) ovoid,
smooth, on a short stout pedicel, the slightly enlarged perianth persistent at its base.
Eoolt. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. y. 105; A. DC. Prod. xiv. 1, 203; Miq. Fl. Ind Bat. i. pt. 2,
p. 67. M. crassifolia, Hool:. fU. .y Thorns. Fl. Did. 160; Miqiicl I. c. 68. M. Horsfltldia,
Wail, {not of Blime) Cat. No. CS06.
S i n g a p o r e ; Wallieh, Lolb, Maingay No. 1283 {Kew Disi.), Bidky. Malacca,
Maingay No. 1284 {Kw Vist.) Perak; Scortechini No. 246, King's C.lUclor No 4827. _
A species very imperfectly rejjresented in collections. It was first issued by Wallieh
a s No. 6806 of his catalogue, doubtfully under the name of M. Uorsfieldia, Blume
(which it is not), and with the remark "forsan duce species mixta;:' There were really
t h r e e species \miev his No. 6806; this being one, and the others, according to Sir
Joseph Hooker, being M. crassifolia, H. f. & Th., and M. polyspherula, H. f.
PLATII 132. Myristica Wallichii, Hook. fil. ^ Thorns. 1, Branch with male flowers—
of natural size; 2, male flower; 3, male flower dissected; 4, andrcecium—snter^cif.
• PiATE 133. Myristica Wallichii, Hook. fil. Thorns. 1, Branch with female flowers;
2, panicle of young frui t ; 3 & 4, young fruit—o/ natural sise; 5, female flower; 6, female
flower seen from above; 7, ovaxy—enlarged.
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