su THE SPECIES OF MYRISTICA
curve upwards and iuterarch inside the margin; length 6 to 15 in., breadth 1-5 to
4 10.; petiole -25 to -lb ia., stout, riifoas-tomeutose when young. Male flowers in
6 to 8-flowered umbels from short axillaiy tubercles, elongated in VAR. montícola;
buds -15 in. in diam., oblong-obovoid; pedicels -25 to -35 in. long, almost sessile in
VAR. montícola; the bracteole minute, sub-orbicular, close to the base of tho flower;
perianth lobes obovate, blunt or sub-acute, thick, concave, outside minutely rufous,
stcllate-haii-y like the pedicel, inside glabrous, ridged; staminal disc -very small, slightly
concave, orbicular, 8ub-3-augled, lobed, glabrous; anthers 6 to 10, sessile, sub-erect; stalk
cylindric, as long as the perianth tube. Female flowers sessile, in shortly but stoutly
pedunculate 4 to 6-fiowered axillary umbels; buds ovoid, lobes of perianth ovate, blunt,
externally rufous stellate-tomentose; internally glabrous; ovary sessile, ovoid-conic,
rusty-tomentose, style shorter than the ovary, cylindric, glabrous ; stigma of 2, rounded
compressed, erect lobes. Fruit in pairs or solitary, axillary, shortly peduncled, subobovoid
or ovoid, slightly pointed, slightly ridged, 1 to 1-5 in. long, -75 to 1 in. in diam. •
pericarp tliin, dry, densely covered with harsh, short, rusty tomentum, often sub-glabrescent
when old; peduncle -2 in., stout; aiillus thin, deeply-lobed, covering ouly the
Cantley.
lower half of the mottled ovoid seed.
Perak, Penang: at elevations of 500 to 800 feet. Malacca,
Ujong, Cantley.
VAR. monticola, King. Leaves smaller (6 to 10 in. long), their bases sub-acute or
rounded, nerves rather fewer (18 to 22), petioles longer (-5 to -To in.)
and rather slender ; male flowers almost sessile, on slightly elongated
•warted peduncles; stalk of staminal disc rather longer than in the
typical form.
Perak: at elevations of 2,500 to 3,8<lO feet, King's Collector, Scorieehini, Wray.
A variety fuund only in the hills. The anthers are arranged on a staminal column
resembling that of Irya, but having a stalk as in Eumyristica.
PLATE U8, Myristica oblongifolia, Kinr/. 1, Branch "with male flowers; 2, twi»
with ripe fiuits; 3, section of fruit shewing seed covered by aiillus; 4, aril 1 us;
5, sQQi—of natural sise; 6, male flower; 7, andrcEcium; 8, male flower of VAR. monticola;
9, andrcecium of monticola; 10, female flower; 11, ovary and stigma—enlarged.
45. MYRISTICA KUNSTLERI, n. sp. King. A tree 30 to 50 feet high; young branches
slender, slightly and minutely rusty-tomentose at first, quickly becoming rather dark and
glabrous. Leaves glabrous, thinly coriaceous, much reticulate when dry, elliptic or ellipticoblong,
sometimes ovate, shortly and rathei' bluntly acuminate or acute, occasionally
obtuse, the base cuoeate or rounded, slightly unequal; upper surface shining, pale
greenish when dry, lower sub-glaucous, of a dull brownish white with numerous
small brown dots, aub-lacunose, the lateral nerves and midrib prominent and brown,
minutely scurfy; nerves 7 to 10 pairs, spreading, arching within the margin; length
3 to 7 in., breadth 1-5 to 3 in.; petiole -5 to '75 in. Male flowers in 4 to 12-flowercd
umbels from short, woody, axillary tubercles; pedicels '3 to "4 in., slender, the minute
bracteole about the middle; buds -1 to 'lo in. in diam., depressed-globose; segments
of perianth fleshy, broadly-triangular, concave, glabrous within, minutely tomentose
externally, as are the pedicels; staminal disc small, sub-rotund, obscurely 3-angled, flat,
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glabrous; anthers 9 to 12 with filaments attached to edge of disc, short, ovate, horizontal,
dehiscing downwards; stalk very short, cylindric. Female flotoer unknown; ovary (after
fertilization) sessile, ovoid, narrowed above, rugulose; style very short, glabrous, stigma
with 8 short conical spreading lobes. Fruit usually solitary, sometimes in clusters of
2 or 3, asillai-y, pedunculate, -75 to 1 in. long by '5 to '75 in. in diam., broadly ovoid,
slightly apiculate; the stigma persistent, slightly nai-rowed at the base, minutely rugulose
and rufous-pubescent; pericarp thickly coriaceous; arillus thin, enveloping the fruit,
slightly 5 or 6 lobed at the very apex-
Perak: at elevations of from 500 to 2,000 feet; common.
PLATE 149. Myristica Kunstleri, King. 1, Branch with ripe fruit; 2, twig with
male flowers; 3, arillus and seed—o f natural sise; 4, male flower; 5, staminal disc and
anthers—CT
46. MYRISTICA COSFERTA, n. sp. King. A tree 60 to 80 feet high; young branches
rather stout, pale brown, striate, glabrous; the youngest densely covered with short,
stellate, rusty tomentum. Leaves oblong or narrowly elliptic, acute; the base rounded
or slightly cordate; both surfaces minutely reticulate; the upper glabrous, shining;
the lower, when young, and especially tho nerves, with minute loose scurfy tomentum,
ultimately glabrescent and sub-glaucous; main nerves conspicuous below,
about 15 to 20 pairs, spreading; length 5 to 7*5 in., breadth 1-75 to 2-25 in.
Male flowers in densely crowded axillary clusters of 20 to 30; pedicels -3 to '4 in. long,
tawny-pubescent, the bracteole about the middle. Perianth sub-globose, depressed,
bluntly 3-angled; the teeth broadly triangular, acute, fleshy, concave, stellate-tomentose
externally, glabrous within; staminal disc very concave at first; the anthers 15, with
short filaments, at fii-st erect and slightly recurved at the apex, afterwards radiating 0,nd
sub-horizontal, and the disc flat; stalk cylindrical below, rapidly widening upwards into
the disc, striate, minutely hairy, especially at the base. Female flowers larger than the
males, but in smaller clusters, slightly obovoid; perianth with 3 short sub-acute teeth ;
ovanj depressed-globose, rufous-tomentose; stigma sessile with 3 spreading acute lobes.
Fruit axillary, solitary, ovoid, blunt, I'O in. long and about M in. in diam,, shortly
rufous-pubescent when young, glabrescent when ripe; pericarp rather dry, about '2 in.
thick, splitting vertically when ripe; seed ellipsoid, pointed; arillus covering the whole
seed, minutely laciniatc at the apex,
Perak: at low elevations; King's Collector Nos. 6211, 10295; Wray No. 2377.
Malacca; Griffith No. 4345; Maingag Nos. 1294 & 1297. Singapore, Ridley No. 442.
Allied to M. lavrina, Blume; but distinguished from that species by Its more
numerous stamens, 3-cleft sessile stigma, and larger glabrescent fruit.
PLATE 150. Myristica conferta, King. 1, Branch with male flowers; 2, twig with
female flowers; 3, twig with ripe fruit; 4, seed covered by its arillus; 5, apex of
arillus—o/ natural size; 6, male flower; 7, andrcecium; 8, female flower; 9, ovary and
stigma—enlarged.
47. MYKISTICA WRAYI, n. sp. King. A tree 20 to 60 feet high; young branches
slender, rather pale; all parts glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves thinly coria- '
ceous, narrowly elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acute or sub-acute, rarely sub-acuminate;
the base rounded, sometimes emarginate or sub-cuneate, never cordate; upper surface
shining; the lower dull, whitish grey; the midrib and 13 to 17 pairs of spreading
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