THE SPECIES OF JIYIILSTICA
30. MYEISTICA CAX.
glabrous, except the piii
.RioiDiis, Kinu. A tree 30 to 50 feet liigh; all parts quite
Loles; youngest branches dark-coloured, slender; the older cinereous,
striate- Leaves conaeeous, elliptic-oblong to elliptic, sub-acute, the edge sli.rbtly revolute
the base rouiided, slightly oblique; both surf^ices bro\vn when dry, the°lowei°sliHitly paler
than the upper; nerves 12 to 15 pairs, sub-obsolete above, slightly pro.ninent beneath
sub-horizontal; length 5 to 8 in, breadth 2 to a i,i.; petiole -3 to -5 in., stout. sMale
panieles axillary and from the axils of fallen leaves, slender, nmeh-branched,' many-
Howered, spreading, 2 to 3 in. long by nearly as much wide, the rachises puberulous
Floxvers globular, -Oo in. in diam.; pedicels as long as the flower, both glabrous
2 to 3-toothed, glabrous; mdrceaum sessile, turbinate, almost annulai
; penmUi
; anthers about 10,
ovate, convex, conjoined from base to apex. Fen,lah
panidos spreading, lax, slender, 6 to
0 in. i<,ng. Floivers unknown. Fnut oblong-ovoid, blunt at the apex, slightly narrowed at
the base, 25 to 3 in. bng, l'2o in. in diam., glabrous; tlie pericarp leathery -25 in
thick; arillus thin, fleshy, extending to the apex of the seed, slightly laciniate, occasionally
with wide arcoiie at the sides; seeds 2 in. long, cylindi-ic-elliptic, the apex snb-apiculate
the base rounded, smooth, with bold longitudinal coloured niarkin-s.
Malacca; .Mamgay No. 1298 {Kew Dktrib.) Perak, ia Ulu I3uLng, at elevations of
400 to 600 iaei—King's Collector Nos. 10064, 10194, 10816 & 108-15.
This is the plant alludod to by Sir J. D. Hooker in Fl. Br. Ind.v. 113, as probably
a new species; but Avhich he was unable to describe owing to the incompleteness of the
only specimens before him (Maingag's No. 1298). The much fuller material lately sent
from Porak by the Calcutta garden collector removes now all doubt as to the novelty of
the species. This plant has the double peculiarity of being moncccious and of having its
male panicles much smaller tl.an the female. It is true that Blume figures his species
JL javmica {Rumphia i. t. 02) as monoBcious; but in his text (p. 191) he describes it as
dicecious; while m the explanation of his figure lie makes no mention of the fact that his
artist has shown both kinds of panicles on the same branch. It is probable therefore that
M. javanica, Bl., is not monoecious. I have named tiiis M. canarioides from the likeness of
the long racemes of fruit to those of a Canarium. The leaves are also not unlike the
leaflets of a species.of that genus. Closely resembling this in the extraordinary length
i are two species-one from Tavoy, Wall. Cat. No, 6804A, and
Pcnang by Jlr. Curtis [Herb. Curt. No. 934).
of the racemes of fi
the other collected
PLAI'K 134. Myristica canarioides, King. 1, Branch with male panicles; 2, panicles
of young fruit (from another tree); 3, ripe fruit; 4, the same cut open to show seed;
5, anllus covering seed; 6, seed—o/rea/wra/ size; 7, male flower; 8, andrcscium—e,ilarged.
Sect. ///.—Gi'MSACRANRAERA (4. DC.) Ponichs as in Pyrrhosa, but .short;
pmanth cbracteolate, 3-toothed; androicium shortly cylindfic oi- siib-quadrangiilar
and truncate; staminal column sessile, short; the anthers connatc to the column
b y their connectives only, their margins and apices quite free ; stignja sessile,
2-lobed ; fruit and leaves small.
31. MVKI.STICA GRIFFITIIII, UOOJC. JIL. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 109.
all parts glabrous except the minutely pubescent panicles i
slender, brown, the tips dark-coloured. Leaves coriaceous,
A tree 25 to 30 feet high;
nd flowers; young branches
oblong lanceolate, acute or
OF BEITISH I.N-DIA.
shortly acuminate; the edges slightly recurved when dry, the base t3uiioatc; upper
surface glabrous and shining, the nerves indistinct; lower of a pale purplish-brown, when
dry glaucous, the nerves thin but distinct; main nerves 7 to 10 pairs, ascending, interarching
at some distance from the margin; length 4-5 to 6 in., breadth M to 1'6 in.,
petiole -5 to -6 in. Male panicles from the branches below the leaves, lax, narrow and
rather few-flowered, the lateral branches short, the rachis and branches pubescent at
first but ultimately glabrescent, length 2-5 in. Male flomers globular, "05 in. long; pedicels
rufous-jnibescent, about as long as the flowers; penanth coriaceous, rufous-puberulous
externally, glabrous internally, 2 or 3-toothed; mdrceomm ovoid-globular (or almost
globular), not narrowed upwards; anthers about 12, attached by their backs only and
easily separable, their margins and apices free. Female flowers in short axillary racemes
or imperfect panicles shorter than the leaf-petioles, few-flowered, softly rufous-tomentose
externally, as are the pedicels and rachis; perianth small, about -03 in. in diam.,
globose, shortly 3-toothed; ovary globose, pubescent; stigma sessile, small, bifid. F>-uil
(ex Griffith MSS, quoted in F. B. Ind. v. 109) " racemed, the size of a cherry,
pedicel -.5 in.; pericarp thick, with a deep longitudinal furrow; aril white, as long as
the seed."
Malacca ; Griffith {Kew Distrih.) No. 4356. Penang, Curtis Nos. 2406, 2458.
An imperfectly known species neai- M. Farquhariana, Wail., and M. Forhcsii, King;
but distinguished at once from both by its much smaller, globular, male flowers.
PLATE 135. Myristica Griffithii, Hook, fil 1, Branch with panicles of male flowers—
of natural size; 2, male perianth; 3, andrcecium—«i/nrz/ed
32. MMSTICA FARQUUARUNA, mil. Cat. 6795. A tree 60 to 80 feet high; young
branches slender; at first rusty-puberulous, afterwards paler, often slightly leuticcllate.
Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, rai-ely slightly oblanceolate,
acuminate; the edge recurved when dry, the base cuneate; upper surface shining, brown
when dry; the lower pale, purplish-brown, glaucous; main nerves 6 to 10 pairs,
usually very indistinct, not interarching or only very slightly; length 3 to 6
in., breadth '8 to 1'75 in.; petiole -25 to -5 in. Male panicles axillary, but mostly
es, spreading, 1 to 1'5 in. long and 1 in. broad, rustyinflated,
-1 in. long, in clusters of 6 to 10 and on pedicels
from the aj
puberulous.
¡Is of fallen lea'
Flowers ovoid,
slightly longer than themselves; perianth thinly coriaceous, 3 to 4-toothed, the teeth
triangnlar-acute; outside pubcrulous; inside with numerous vertical lines of minute
hairs; andrcecium cyliudric, sessile, not a pic u late, rather truncate, hardly more
than half as long as the perianth; anthers 7 to 9, narrow, elongate, not twisted, only
partially conjoined by their connectives, their apices and edges quite free, the cells
sub-divergent. Female panicles shorter than the male, few-flowered, flowers reflcxed,
the perianth like the male but with sharper, teeth; ovary sessile, ovoid-globose, tomentc'se;
stigma sessile, transversely 2-lobed. Fruit in woody racemes of 2 to 5, ovoid, -6
to -75 in. long, slightly pointed at each end, faintly grooved on one side and ridged on
the other, rufous-pubescent, becoming glabrous with age; peduncle -35 to '5 in., stout;
pericarp coriaceous; arillus thin, extending to the apex of the seedj narrowly laciniate
from base to apex; seed ellipsoid, mottled, smooth. HooJc. fil. Thorns. Fl. lud. 161 ;
Hook. fa. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 108; A. DC. Frod. xiv. 1, 200; 3Iiq. Fl. Ind Bat. i.
pt. 2, p. 63 {all in part).