306 THE SPECIES OF MYIÍISTICA
Singapore: Wallkh, CalUg No. 41, Bidk). Malacca: Eant,J, Mamjay (Km
Dhtrit. Nos. 1390, 1293, 1303, 1303, 1306), Ridki/. Peuaug: CtHis Nos. 487 & 804.
Perak: common at elevations under 500 feet.
VAB. major, Einn. Young brandies ratlier darker coloured tlian in tlie typical
foi-m ; leaves 5 to 7 in. long, larger than the typical form and :nore
glaucous bencatli, the nerves more distinct on the lower surface ;
male panicles rather longer (2-0 to 3 in.) ; the flowers larger (-15 in
long); fruit larger (-7.5 to 1 in. long), and scarcoly ridged on the
side opposite tlie groove.
Malacca: Grijlth {Kev} JDktrih. No. 4355). Perak : Kind's Collector Nos. 6548,
6632, 6736 & 7928; Wmg Nos. 2399 & 369o.
The variety may possibly be a distinct species, bnt the male flowers ai-e so like
those of true M. A-jularmm, Wall., that it seems desirable to consider it as a variety
The female flowers, when found, may possibly afliord some specific character. As regards
loaves, the variety forms a oomiecting liuk with the little-knom species M. GriMthU
Hook. fil.
PLATE 136. Myristica Parquhariana, IFrft 1, Branch with panicles of male flowers;
2, female panicle ; 3, twig with ripe fruit; 4, section of fruit showing arillus and seed
in fruit of variety major—of natural size; D, male flowers; 6, andriccium ; 7, female
flowers ; 8, ovary—enlarged.
33. MTSISTIOA FOSBESII, ». Ki^. A tree 40 to 70 feet high; glabrous in
all parts, except the rufons-tomentoie leaf-buds and puhernloas panicles and flowers •
young branches rather slender, pale brown. Lome thinly coriaceous, oblon-Janceolate'
oblong to elliptic, acuminate, the base cuneate, both surfaces tinged -when dry with
purphsh-brown ; the npper shining, the lower pale, glaucous; main nerves 13 to
17 pairs, thin but distinct beneath, sub-horizontal to ascending, interarchincr within
the mai-gm; length 6 to 10 in., breadth 3 to 4 in.; petiole about -o in Mak
pamelee asillary op in the aiils of fallen leaves, spreading, 3 to 3-5 in. Ion- and
about the same breadth. Flomn pedicellate, in sul>globular clusters, ovoid, •r5 in
long; pedicels about as long; perumth with 3 ovate sub-acute teeth; andrmm,
sessile, ovate, blant or snb-quadtangular and truncate ; anthers from 6 to 10 quite
free at the apei and sides ; the cdls narrow, distinct, twisted. Female panicles condensed
fewer-flowered than the male and not more than 1 in. long, sonrfy-pubescent
inside; teeth of perianth acute; ovanj sessile, ovoid, scurfy-pubescent the sti-raa
oblique. In,it in racemes of 3 to 12, when young sub-globular, when ripe narro°wIy
obovoid, gi-oovod, slightly Bcui-fy, -70 in. to 1 in. long; peduncle rather stout, thictened
upwards, -35 in. long ; pericarp coriaceous ; arillus extending to the apex of the seed
thin, pale, fleshy, divided to fho base into many narrow segments; aeei smooth!
ellipsoid or slightly obovoid.
Malacca: Mamgwj No. 1295 (Kew Dkirib.) Ponang: Uairyay (Kew Distril)
No. 1293. Perak : common at elevations up to 890 feet. Singapore, BMci,. Distrib —
Sumatra: Fo,lm No. 2976 (f).
This is closely allied to M. GrifdMi, Hook, fil., and to M. Fariiulm-iana, Wall.; bat
it iias larger leaves, of thinner texture, which dry of a moro purplish-brown colour,
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and have more numerous, more prominent, spreading nerves, which leave the midrib
at a less acute angle. An unnamed species from New Guinea [Forles Nos. 329 & 375)
also approaches this very closely.
PLATE 137. Myristica Forbesii, King. 1, Branch with male panicles; 2, panicle of
female flowers; 3, raceme of young fruit; 4, raceme of ripe fruit; 5, section of fruit;
6, arillus covering seed—o/ natural she ; 7 & 8, male flowers dissectcd and showing
the androecium ; 9, female flower ; 10, a-73.ry^enlargcd.
34. MYKISTICA CANAEICA, Bedd. MSS. A tree ; young branches cinereous, rather rough
aud sparsely lenticellate, the youngest minutely rufous-pubescent, ieityes thinly coriaceous,
almost membranoas, elliptic to oblong, acute or shortly acuminate, base rounded,
sometimes slightly cordate or cuneate ; "both surfaces glabrous, the upper shining, the
lower glaucous; main nei-ves 11 to 13 pairs, spreading, inconspicuous on the upper;
thin but rather prominent on the lower surface, interarchiiig within the margin; length
6 to 12 in., breadth 1-5 to 4'25 ; petiole -3 to -6 in. Male panicles axillury, spreading,
3'5 to 4 in. long aud about as many broad; minutely and scurfily rufouspubescent;
perianth clavate or narrowly obovoid, -15 in. long, minutely pubescent
on both surfaces, cut for about a fourth of its length into 3 or 4, short, sub-acute,
triangular teeth ; pedicels about as long as the flowers. Androecium sessile, ellipsoid,
blunt, much shorter thaa the perianth; anthers from 8 to 10, slightly unequal, narrow.
Female Jlowers in racemes or imperfect panicles, about -5 in. long; the rachis woody,
stout; perianth sessile or sub-sessile, narrowly obovcid in bud, puberulous outside,
tomentoso inside, cut half-way down into three blunt recurved teeth; ovary sessile,
ovoid-globose, pubescent ; stigma sessile, divided by a mesial groove into two semi-lunar
narrow, wavy lobes. Fruit (fide Beddome) globose, 1 to 1-25 in. in diam., glabrous
in age. Beddome Fl. Sylvaiiva, t. 270 (excl. syn. Wall. Oat. 6798). M. Farquhariana,
A. DC. Prod. xiv. 1, 200 {in part)-, Hook. fil. ^ Thorns. Fl. £r. Ind. 161; líook.
fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 108 {loth in part).
Forests o£ Cañara, Coorg, and the 'V^ynss.à—Beddome.
PLATE 138. Myristica Canarica, Bedd. 1, Branch with male panicle; 2, twig with
female racemes; 3, ripe fruit—<?/ natural sise; 4, male flower; 5, androecium ; 6, female
flower; 7, ovary; 8, stigma-^Zarjei. {No. 3 is copicd from Beddome's Fl. Sybat, t. 270,)
Sect, /r,—IRYA {Hooh. fil. & Thonis.) Panicles as ia Pyrrhosa ; perianth
bifid or 3-toothed, sometimes d-toothed ; andrcedum globose or depressedglobose,
sessile, sometimes elongated transversely; the anthers for tbe most
p a r t attached to the column by their bases only (quite connate to it in
No. 35), their sides and apices quite free, the apices sometimes much incurved.
Fruit as in Pyrrhosa.
35. MYRISTICA BIVALVIS, Uook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 107. A glabrous tree, 30 to
50 feet high ; young branches cinereous, rather rough, lenticellate. Leaves thinly coriaceous,
oblong or narrowly elliptic-oblong, acute or shortly acuminate, the base cuneate,
dark greenish-brown above when dry, pale brown beneath; main nerves 11 to 13
pairs, spreading, rather straight with curving evanescent tips, thin, not prominent; length
7 to 10 in.; breadth 2 to 2-5 in.; petiole -5 in. Male panides axillary, spreading,
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