328 THE SPECIES OF JÍVRISTICA
ind duller; main nerves 16 to 18 pairs
idistinctly close to the margin, tl.in but pre
, spreading, rather straiglit,
minent on the lower surface;
breadth 3 to 3'5 in.; petiole -75 to 1 in. Male and fmal.
m lax, glabrous panicles, about a foot long-, ellipsoid, the apex
suddenly constricted just above ti.e base, 1-25 to 1-5 in. "lono-- pericarp
leathery, tiiin, glabrous; arillus thin, fleshy, shortly laciniate at the apes, co'vering the
i>C. m Prod. xiv. 1, 204 {¿a pari).
lower palxjr
intcrarching
length 10 to 12
/lowers unknown. Ft
bl,
, tiiin, glabrous; arillus tl:
whole of the seed. M. amygdalina, var. Hookeri
Burjiah; Trogla Hills, Tavoy, Wallich.
This has not been collected since Wallich's time. It is very distinct from any
other Burmese species ; its neare.st ally being the Penang species M. raomosa, Kin'^,
and the Molucca and Celebes species J/, macrocoma, Miq. Wallich'a types of this were
collected, according to his catalogue, only on tho Trugia Hills aad at Tavoy. The
specimens from Moulmein, which he appears to have distributed under this name, belonoto
other species; and tliey have been referred by Sir Joseph Hcoker and M. DeCandolle
partly to M. amygdalina, Wall.,
coma, Miq., has leaves thiun
only half as long as the leav
each end.
VAi{, Hookeri, and partly to 3f. Iri/a, Grertii. M. macro-
• than this and more rufous beneatli. It has fruit-racemes
i, and the fruits themselves are sinallei
PLATE 174. Myristica esaltata, Wall. 1, Leaf-twig; 2,
S, fruit opened up; 4, seed covered by its ariil\is~of naiural si
No. (3804 from Trogia HiUs.)
panicle
•Í. {Draw
and tapering to
with ripe fruit;
from Wall. Cat.
65. MYIUSTICA RACliMOSA, n.
branches thin, glabrous, dark-ct
coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblon
the base rounded or slightly cum
lower dull and pal
very prominent on the lower surface, thi
faintly near the margin; length 6 to 8 :
Male and female flowers unknown. Fruit
length, ovoid, slightly obHque, pointed,
pericarp thickly leathery, glabrous; arillu
shortly fimbriate at the apex; seed smooth,
Penang; Curtis No. 934.
^p. King. .
)ured ; the
sub-acute (
i. tree 40 to 50 feet high; youngest
older striate, polished. Learns thinly
T very shortly and abruptly acuminate,
rfacea glabrous, the upper shining, the
both su
äate
ibout 12 j,
slightly prominent on the upper.
, rather straight, spreading, interarcL...g ,
n., breadth 2 to 3 in.; petiole -5 to -65
in lax glabrous racemes, a foot or mori
1-75 in. long and about 1 in.
( fleshy, red, completely envelopin
ovoid, pointed.
in diain. ;
the seed,
Of this very distinct and fn
e species only a single tree is now known
A second tree existed until last year, whcr
I interested in tbe growth of some mi.serabie
^s this resembles M. exallata, Wall. Cat. 6804.
:a, King. 1, Leaf-twig; 2, raceme of ripe fruit
in Penang, and it is a female,
ruthlessly cut down by a Chinaman
stuiS. In its long fruiting racemes
PLATIÌ 173. Myristica racemosa
& 4, ripe fruit dehiscing, with the valv
arillus; 5, ripe fruit uiidehisced; G, seed
kitchi
s separated to
•ith arillus partly re
the seed covered by ii
. l O v e d — o f naturai size.
66. MmsTiCA PALUDICOLA, n. sp. King. A tree 50 to 80 feet hi.rh • youn.
branches about as thick as a goose quill, glabrous, ' l.nticellate. °coriaceou'
oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, sub-acute, the edge recurved when dry, the bas.
cuneate; upper surface (when dry) pale brown, dull, glabrous; lower cinuamoueous
OF BlUTISH INDIA. 320
when young with some loose sub-flocculent pubescence, when adult minutely adpressedpuberulous;
ncrvo-s 9 to 12 pairs, spreading, thin, Interarching faintly towards the
margin ; length 5 to 8 in., breadth 2-25 to 3 in,, petiole -75 to 1 in. Male flowcrx
unknown. Female panicles axillary, stout, branched, spreading, 2 to 3 in. long and
about as broad, coverdl with deciduous, scurfy, rusty pubescence. Floioers -1 in.
in diam., depressed, obovoid-glubose, glabrous ; ferianth thick, fleshy, 2-valved ;
ovar}} sessile, globose, ridged ou one side, glabrous; stigma small, 2-lobed. Fruil 3
to 5, on short racemes or small panicles, narrowly ovoid, pointed, glabrous, the slightly
accrescent perianth persistent at its bas(
arillus rather thick, fleshy, entire,
Perak : in wet ground, at lo'
Wray No. 3071.
PLATE 169. Myristica paludicola, King.
2, panicle of young fruit ; 3, raceme of i
covering :
pericarp coriaceous, thick (when dry
ig the whole of the smooth seed.
Collector Nos. 4267, 4706, 6688 :
, Branch with panicle of female flowers;
3 fruit; 4, section of fruit; 5, arillus
¡d—0/ natural sisc ; 6, female flower ; 7, ovary—CHfojycf?.
67. MYRISTICA PESDULINA, HOOJC. fil in Fl. Br. Ind. v. 8o9. A tree with spreading
branches; the branchlets very long, as thick as the forefinger (at its base),
slender towards the apex, finely rusty-tomentose when young, afterwards darkcoloured,
glabrous and minutely warted. Leaves pendulous, coriaceous, narrowly oblong,
acuminate ; the base rounded or cuueate, narrowed into the very short, broad,
winged petiole (tho wings inflexed); upper surface pale brown, dull, glabrous; lower
minutely rusty-tomentose at first, afterwards glabrous ; nerves 30 to 50 pairs, spreading,
rather prominent beneath, interarching boldly -1 to -2 in. from the margin ;
length 10 to 20 in., breadth 2 to 3 in. ; petiole about -25 in., broad, winged. Male
flowers unknown. Female panicles ebracteate, axillary, robust, 3 to 4 in. long and
about 2 in. broad, densely rufous-tomentose ; branches short, horizontal, few-flowered.
Flowers pedicellate, ellipsoid, So in. long, glabrous; perianth coriaceous, shortly 2-nd;
ovary broadly ovoid, sub-gibbous, grooved on one side, scurfy; stigma oblique, sessile.
Fruits (unpollenised) one or two at the apex of a peduncle, ovoid, glabrc
in. long and 1-25 in. in diam. ; pericarp fleshy, -4 or 'o in. thick; pcdun
in. long.
about 2
1-5 to 2
Singapore ; Cantley, Ridley. Distrib.—Bojrce.
Eemarkable for tho length of its leaves and short-winged petioles. This approaches
31. sylvestris, Houtt. (with which it has indeed been mixed in the Royal Herbarium,
Leiden), but has larger, smoother leaves and much thicker branches. The panicles of
M. sylvestris, moreover, are pedunculate and have scurfy, rufous-tomentose bracts as long
as the flowers. Only a single tree of this exists in Singapore, and it is a female. Every
year it forms fruits, which of course are imperfect. It is of one of these which (through
the kindness of Mr. Ridley, Director of the Botanic Garden, Singapore) I am enabled to
give a figure. Tho tree, for a photograph of which I am also indebted to Mr. Ridley,
presents a very remarkable appearan
distichous leaves.
PLATE 170. Myristica pendulina, Hook.
Ig to its lax pendulous branches and long
of female flowers; 2, an unfertilised fruit
4, female flower; 5, enlarged.
Part of a branch with a panicle
he same cut open—o f natural size;
I