T H E SPECIES OP MTEISTICA
PLATE UL. Myristica Irya, Gmrin. 1, Branch with male panicles; 2, branch with
ripe frait; 3, ripe fruit dehiscing and showing the seed and arillus; 4, seed with the
ariilus r e m o T c d — 0 / s i z e ; 5 & 6, male flowers; 7, male flower opened up and seen
from above; 8, section of male flower showing the andrcecium; 9, anthers; 10, female
flowers; 11, section through female flower showing ovary; 12, apex of ovary, showing
stigma; 13, vertical section through oyaxj—enlarged.
pLiTE 141 bh. Mp-istica Irya, Gcertn., VAR. loiigifolia. I, Branch with male
panicles; 2, female panicles, VAR. Wallichii; 3, leaf; 4, cluster of ripe fruit; 5, seed
and toothed arillus—nZZ of natural size.
From original draioings made from Ceylon specimens and kindly lent to ma by Dr.
Trimen, F.n.s., Director of the Royal Botanic Garden, I'eradcniya.
38. MYEISTICA GL4BEA, Blume Bijdr. 576. A tree 40 to 50 feet high; all parts
quite glabrous; young branches rather stout; the bark cinereous, rough, the tips darkcoloured,
slightly scurfy. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, usually slightly
obovate, acute or sub-acute, oftea much narrowed in the lower third to the acute base;
nerves 9 to 14 pairs, rather faint; length 5 to 7 in., breadth 2 to 3 in,; petiole -o to
1 in. Male panicles from the axils of fallen leaves, 3 to 3'o in. long and nearly 2 in.
broad, many-flowered. Flowers globular, glabrous, less than '1 in. in diam.; pedicels as
long as or longer than the flowers; pei-iantk thin, bifid or with 3 broadly triangular
teeth. Andrcecium ovate or sub-globular, sessile; anthers about 10, linear, free at the
sides and apices, convex. Fenxale fioisers unknown. Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid, glabrous,
grooved on one side, 1-25 to lo in. long; pericarp rather thick; arillus orange,
thin, fleshy, entire, completely enveloping the ovoid smooth seed. Blume Rumphia
1, 191, t. 64, fig. 1 A. &• B.; H. f ^ T. Fl. Ind. 161; A. DC. in Prod. xiv. 1,
202 (CTcZ. syn. M. integra, Wull. Cat. 6799); Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i, pt. 2, p. 65;
Hook. fit. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 107. M. amygdalina, Eurz {not of Wall.) For. Fl. Burm.
ii. 283. M. Kurzii, Ei»g MSS.
Burmah, Kurz. S. Andaman, King, Collectors of Calcutta Garden.
PLATE 142. Myristica glabra, Blume. 1, Branch with male flowers; 2 & 3,
branches with ripe fruit—o/ natural size ; 4, 5 & 6, male flowers; 7 andrcecium—ra
39. MYRFSTICA MAJUSCULA, n. sp. Sing. A tree 40 to 70 feet high; young branches
as thick as a goose quill, minutely warted, puberulous at the tips, ultimately glabrous.
Beaves glabrous, coriaceous, elliptic, acute or sub-acute, usually narrowed in the lower fourth
to the cuneate base; upper surface pale, greenish-brown when dry, dull; the lower
pale, bright brown; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, spreading, interarching -1 in. from the shghtly
recurved margin, rather prominent beneath, minutely and sparsely scurfy-puborulous
a t first, but ultimately quite glabrous; length 7 to 10 in.; breadth 2-5 to 3-ó in.;
petiole -5 to -75 in. Male panicles from the axils of fallen leaves, wide at the base and
narrowing upwards, much branched, lax, the main rachis rather stout, 3-5 in. long
and 2-5 in, wide at the base; flowers rather few, buds globose, rather under -1 in. in
diam,, shorter than the pedicel, rather scurfy; perianth leathery, glabrous, with 3,
sometimes 4, triangular teeth. Andrceeinm almost sessile, sub-depressed, sharply trigonous;
anthers 13, narrow, elongate, their sides conjoined, their apices free. Female Jlmers
unknown. Fruit on the branches below the leaves, in pairs or solitary, broadly ovoid,
blunt, slightly pointed when young, glabrous, 1-75 in. long by about 1-35 in, in diam.;
O F BKITISH ISDÍA. 311
pciicarp thickly l e a t h e r y ; arillus fleshy, entire, covering the whole s j r l apping at
the apex. Seed ovoid, faintly reticulate, smooth.
Perak: at elevations of from 300 to 2,000 feet. King's Collector Nos. 5059, 6004,
7965 & 10413; Wray Nos. 2218, 2705. Singapore, ? Eullctt.
PLATE 143. Myristica majuscula. King. 1, Leaf-twig ; 2, male panicle; 3, young
f r u i t ; 4, ripe fruit; 5, section of ripe fruit; 6, arillus covering seed—of natural size;
7, male flower; 8, andrcecium—enlarged.
40. MYRISTICA BKACHIATA, n. sp. King, A spreading tree, 80 to 100 feet high; young
branches rather stout, prominently 2-ridged, lenticellate, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous,
glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the base acute; both surfaces rather
dull, the upper olivaceous, the lower brown (when dry); main nerves 15 to 20 pairs,
thin but prominent beneath, spreading; length 7 to 11 in., breadth 2'75 to 4 in.;
petiole -25 in. Male panicles from the axils of leaves or of fallen leaves, slender, muchbranched,
spreading, 4 to 6 in. long and about as many broad, glabrescent. Male
flowers about -05 in. in diam., obovate-globular, glabrous; perianth leathery, its teeth 3,
triangular. Andrcecium sessile, sharply trigonous; anthers about 9, slightly conjoined by
their sides, the apices quite free, their cells very distinct. Female panicles shorter and
stouter and much fewer-flowered than the males, 3"5 to 5 in. long; their branches
puberulous towards their tips, glabrous below. Fhmrs larger than the males, nearly •!
in. long, ovoid, glabrous; perianth rather thick, 3 or 3-toothed; ovary sessile, broadly
ovoid, sub-compressed, ridged in one side; stigma very short, oblique, slightly 2 lobed.
Fruits 6 to 8 in woody spreading cymes from below the leaves, ovoid, glabrous, 1-25
in. long and '9 in. in diam.; pedicels -25 in. long; pericarp rather thinly coriaceous;
arillus covering the whole of the seed, slightly laciniate and overlapping at the
apex; seed ovoid, smooth.
Singapore; Wallich. Perak, King's Collector Nos. 4704 & 6771; Scortechini l^o. 1649.
Malacca, Grifjith {Kew Dist.) No. 4351. Perak, King's Collector Nos. 4704, 6771 &
7447; Scortechini No. 1649.
This species is readily distinguished by its 2-ridged young branches and large
cymes of ovoid fruit. This is one of the plants mixed up by WalHch in his No. 6806,
and issued under the name of " M. Horsfieldia, Bl. (?)," which it does not much resemble.
The other species thus mixed are [fide F. Br. Ind. v. 106) M. Wallichii, Hook. fil.
& Thoms., and M. polysphenda, Hook. fil.
PLATE 144. Myristica brachiata, King. I, Branch with panicle of male flowers;
2, panicle of female flowers ; 3, panicle of ripe fruit ; 4, ripe fruit ; 5, arillus covering
seed—of natural size; 6, male flower; 7, andrcccium; 8, female flower; 9, ov&vy—enlarged.
41. MYRISTICA RIDLEY.VHA, n. sp. King. A tree 40 to 60 feet high; glabrous, except
the panicle and leaf-buds ; young branches slender, dark-coloured. Leaves thinly coriaceous,
lanceolate, acuminate; the base cuneate; when dry the upper surface greenish, the lower
bright brown ; main nerves 7 to 10 pairs inconspicuous, spreading ; length 3 to 5 in.,
breadth 1 to 1-5 in. ; petiole -4 to -5 in. Male panicles from the axils of leaves or of fallen
leaves, about 1-25 in. long, spreading, scurfy or almost glabrous. -P/owrs depressed-globose,
•05 in. in diam., glabrous, slightly scaly; pedicels longer than the flowers; perianth with
3 or 4 broadly triangular, acute teeth ; amlrcecium sessile, with 7 or 8 broadly-ovate
sub-erect anthers attached by their bases (almost as in Knema), their apices and margins free.
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