THE SPECIES OF m-BISIICA
but -with a pale glaucous bloom. Lcam thinly coriaceous, oblong-Ianceolate or oblongoblanceolate,
acute or sub-acute; base euneate, slightly oblique, rarely rounded; uppeisurface
shining ; the lower pale, glaucous or sub-glaucous, the 15 to 20 pairs of uervea
spreading, prominent beneath ; length 3-5 to 7 in., breadth 1 to 2-5 in. ; petiole -4 to
•6 in. Male flowers in axillary umbels on woody peduncles which become warted
and lengthen with age to about -5 in.; flowers on short pedicels, rarely so much as
•25 in. long, rufous-tomentose, the bractcole sub-rotund, close to the base of the flower ;
buds sub-globose; ^ícmBÍ/i about -15 ¡a. in diam., deeply divided into 3 broad, triangular
t e e t h ; outside hairy like the peduncles, inside ridged and glabrous; staminal disc
flat or sub-concave, glabrous, with about 10 sessile authei-s radiating from its edge,
its stalk thick, shorter or longer than the perianth-tube. Female flowers in axillary
peduuculate umbels like the males; flower oblong, blunt, not obovoid ; perianth as
regards hairs like the male, its teeth shorter; ovar// sessile, broadly ovoid, poiuted,
rufous-hairy; style short, fleshy; stigma with 2 large, fleshy, flat, obliquely pointed lobes.
Fricii 1 in. long and -75 in. in diam., obliquely ovoid, pointed, gibbous at one side,
2-ridged, minutely rufous-tomentose, podicel •;3 to -4 in.; arillus thin, enveloping the
whole seed, with 4 to 6 shallow lobes at the apes; seed ovoid, smooth. Hook. /¡I.
Fl. Br. Ind. v. 112 ; A. DO. in Prod. xiv. 1, 205. M. corticosa (in part), Kur^ For
Fl. £m-m. ii. 284.
Jenkins, Masters No. 1952 ; Collett No. 70. Khasia, Hook, fil tc
Thorns.; Griffith {Eew Dist.) No. 4348. Chittagong, Hooh fil. Th. Burmah ; Scott,
Kwz No. 983; Melfcr No. 4349, Gi-iffith. Malacca; Maingay {Hew Dist. No. 1282)'
Miller. '
This does not seem to be a common species. The best two marks by which to
distinguish it from its nearest ally M. glaucescens, Hook. fil. & Thom.s., are the long,
woody, warted, accrescent peduncles of its inflorescence, and the larger (1 to 1'25 in!
long) gibbous fruit.
PLATE 159. Myristica gibbosa, Book. fil. ^ Thorns. 1, Branch with male flowers •
2, ripe fruit, entire; 3, vertical section of the same; 4, seed with of natural
sise; 5 & 6, male flowers; 7 & 8, staminal column and disc with anthers; 9, female
flower; 10, ovary—enlarged.
36. MrEiSTiCA GEIEIHATA, Miq. FL IwL Bai. Supp. 385. A ti-ee; young branches
slender, rufous-furfuraceous (aa are the leaves), ultimately glabrous. Leaves thinly
coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, sub-acuminate, the base euneate or rounded ; upper surface
shining, the lower sub-glaucous; main nerves 12 to 15 pairs, thin but prominent
beneath, spreading; length 3 to 4 in., breadth 1 to 1-3 in.; petiole '3 to -5 in., thin.
Male jlowers in 3 or 4-flowered, sessile, axillary umbels ; pedicel -2 in. long, the bracteole
smalt, just above its middle ; buds globose and less than -1 in. in diam. Feriantk with
3 ovate, sub-acute teeth, externally rufous-puberulous, internally glabrous and striate;
staminal disc flat, glabrous, with 9 or 10 sessile anthers radiating from its edge and
curving upwards; stalk of disc short, glabrous. Female Jlowers unknown. Fndt axillary,
usually in pairs, often solitary, ellipsoid or ovoid, not gibbous, the apex blunt, the base
:iarrowed, the sides ridged, minutely rufous-pubescent, -75 to 1 in. long; pericarp thin ;
arillus thin, fleshy, entire, below the apex slightly laciniate; seed shining.
Burmah, Tenasserim; Bot. Gard. Collector. Perak, ScortecMni No. 1527. Distrib
Sumatra.
OP BRITISH IKDU. 32 3
This species was originally described by Miquel from Sumatrau specimens. It is
allied to M. gibbosa, H. i. & Th., from which it differs chiefly in its sessile, not
elongated and warted, male inflorescence; in its much smaller flowers with bracteole
not close to the bud; and in its fruit, not gibbous aud not pointed. It is also allied to
M. glaucescens, n. f. & Th.
PLATE 160. MjTistica geminata, Miq. 1, Branch with male flowers; 2, fruiting
b r a n c h ; 3, fruit in section; 4, seed covered by arillus; 5, apex of arillus—o f natural
sise; 6, male flower; 7, andrcecium—
57. MYEIS'I-ICA GLAUCESCENS. Hook. fil. ^ Thorns. Fl. Ind. 157. A tree 30 to 50 feet
high; youngest branches minutely rufous-pubescent; ultimately glabrous, dark-coloured and
striate, slender. Leaves meuibramms, obl.mg-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, sub-acute,
base rounded or slightly euneate ; upper surface glabrous, shining ; lower always pale,
sub-glaucous ; lateral nerves 13 to 16 pairs, spreading, rather prominent beneath ; length
4 to 6 in., breadth 1-25 to 2 in. ; petiole •35 iu. Mah flowers in almost sessile,
axillary, 5 to 8-flowered umbels on long (-5 to "6 in.) puberulous pedicels, minutely
bracteolate above the middle; buds depressed-globose, bluntly 3 angled; perianth
deeply divided into 3 broadly ovate, acute or sub-acute, fleshy teeth, outside minutely
scurfy-tomentose, inside longitudinally striate, glabrous; staminal disc on a short stalk
thickened upwards, flat or sub-concave, glabrous or pubescent; stamens 9 to 11, subsessile,
broadly ovate, radiating from the edges of tiie disc. Female flowers in fewerflowered
umbels than the males, obovoid in bud; ovanj sessile, ovoid-globose, narrowed
at the apex; style very short; stigma peltate, with 4 acute lobes, glabrous. Fruit
small, ovoid or slightly obovoid, naiTOwed at the base, -5 to -65 in. long, minutely
rusty-tomentose, the stigma persistent; pedicel •25 in. long; arillus thin, uniform
irregularly fimbriate at the apex, enveloping the whole of the ovoid-rotund, smooth,
dark-coloured seed. Eook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. {in part). M. corticosa, A. DC. in Prod.
xiv. 1, 205 {in part); Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, p. 69 {in part). ? Knema j
Jack in Mai. Misc. No. VII, 35, Hook. Comp. Bol. Mag. i. 148 {not of Wall.)
Malacca; Griffith {Kew Distrib.) No. 4343; Maingay {Kew Distrib.) Nos. 1280 &
1299; Oantley. Perak; King's GoUector, Wray. Singapore, Ridley.
This is well marked by its small fruit, the seed and aril of which have an odour
more like that of black pepper than of nutmeg. M. intermedia, VAR. minor, Miq. {Fl,
Ind. Bat. i. 70), may probably belong to this, as is suggested by Sir Joseph Hooker.
And, judging from Miquel's description, his 31. palemhanica {Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl.^ pp.
384 & 38-i) differs but slightly from this.
PL.vrE 161. Myristica glaucescens. Hook. fil. Thorns. 1, Branch with ripe fruit-
2, ripe fruit in section showing seed and ai'illus ; 3, seed and arillus seen from above •
4, fascicle of male flowers—o/ natural size; 5, andi-cccium; 6, female flower; 7, ovarj'—
enlarged.
5S. MI-KISTICA EEUATICA, Hook, fil. ^ Thoms. Fl. Ind. 156. A tree 20 to 30 feet
high ; young branches slender, at, first rusty, scurfy, sub-stellately deciduously tomentose •
ultimately glabrous, striate and rather pale. Leaves thinly coriaceous, narrowly oblono.
lanceolate, rather suddenly narrowed to the acute apex; tho base rounded or euneate
never cord. a t e ; upper surface glabrous, siiining ; the lower dull, sub-glaucous, glabrous
except the persistently minutely tomentose midrib; main nerves 20 to 25 pairs
. BOY BOT. GAKD. CALCVITA TOL. III.