THE SPECIES OF MTRISTICA
68. MVEISTICA EETUSA, n. sp. King. A tree 40 to 60 feet bigli; young branches stout,
s t r i a t e , pale brown or cinereous wben dry, glabrous, except the very tips, which, like the
leaf-buds and petioles of the young leaves, are cinereous-puberulous. Leaves very large,
coriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, often slightly obovate, the apex blunt and usually
retuse, the edges a little recurved when dry, gradually narrowed frona above the middle
t o the slightly cordate or rounded, sometimes unequal, base; upper surface glabrous,
s h i n i n g ; lower pale brown or whitish from a uniform layer of dense minute hairs
which persist everywhere except on the nerves; main nerves 16 to 24 pairs, spreading,
sub-horizontal towards the base, prominent beneath'and interarching close to the margin ;
l e n g t h 13 to 21 in., breadth 5'0 to 8 in.; petiole -5 to '75 in., stout. 3Iale and female
flotoers unknown. Fmit 2 to 3, in short woody racemes below the leaves, ovoid, gibbous
a t one side, shortly apiculate or beaked, deciduously and minutely rufous-tomentose;
l e n g t h (unripe) 2 to. 2-26 in., diam. 2 in.; pcduncle proper -25 in. long, expanded into
a ring at its apex; pericarp crustaceous, -2 iu. thick; arilius very short, embracing litr.le
more than the base of the seed, thin, much fimbriate; seeti narrowly obovoid, smooth.
P e r a k : at elevations of 500 to 800 feet; Km/s Collector No. 7690.
A magnificent species, of which flowers of both sexes are unknown. It probably
belongs to section Pyrrliosa.
PLATE 171.^ Myristica retusa, King. 1, Branch with young fruit; 2, section of fruit
showing seed with its small fimbriate arilius—o f natural sise.
DouUfnl and excluded species.
M. ANGUSTIFOUA, Eoxi. FL Ind. iii. 8i7, is probably M. glauca, BI.
M. EUGESI^FOLIA, A. DO. Prod- 3iv. 1, 190. This is described from a specimen
in leaf and fruit only, which is said to have been collected in Penang. I have not
seen any specimen of it.
M. FiNLiYSONiANA., Wall. Cat. 6793, is Melodorum fiilgcns, H. f. & T (ex Hook
fit ^ Thorns. Fl. Ind. 120).
M. GLAUCESCENS, Wall. Cat. 6790, is Liisaia venulom, Meissn. A. DC. Prod xv
1, 18T [suh Tetrantheral (ex Mook. Jil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 161).
M. HEYSEANA, Wall. Cat. 6789, appears to be identical with Herb. Wight No. 2490
(Kew Distrib.) There is a specimen of each in the Calcutta Herbarium; that of the
former has half of a fruit (detached); and the latter has detached male flowers. Dissection
of the latter shows them to be those of a Eumyristica. The perianth is ovoid
inflated, glabrous on both surfaces, its teeth short and acute. The andrcadmi is
cylindric, shortly apiculate; the anthers are about 15, linear; and the stalk is equal to
a quarter of the length of the columu. The species may, I trust, be re-discovered.
M. EOOKERI, Wall. Cat. 68025, is indeterminable (ex Booh, fil Fl. Br. Ind. v
113).
M. INTEGBIFOLIA, Stoud. Nommel, is Myrica integrifolia, Wall, [ili J^agi, Thunb''1
(ex Booh fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 113)
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M. INTEGRA, Wall. Cat. 6799, from Singapore. The specimens are too imperfcct
for dotormination. It is probably a Pgrrkosa or Irya.
J I . LEMANIANA, A. DC. in Ann. So. Nat. Scr. 4, vol. V, p. 31, cy Prod. xiv. I,
203. A species (Sect. Pyrrhosa) said to have been collected at Malacca, but of which
I have seen no specimen.
M. LIN'IFOLIA, Roxh. FL Ind. iii. 847, is probably M. lonfjifoUa, Wall.; but the
description is by far too brief for identification, and no authentic specimen now
exists.
M. MICRANTQA, Wall. Cat. 680r, A. DC. Prod. xiv. 1, 208, is, according to
M. DeCandolle, near Irga. It is a Siamese plant, and the material is very imperfect.
M. MosTAKA, Eoxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 846, is too imperfectly described for recognition
i n the absence of an authentic specimen. Tiio plant distributed under this name by
Wallich, Cat. 6792, is referred b y A. DC. {Prod. xiv. 1, 190), and I think quite rightly,
t o M. ine]'s, Bl.
M. ? onTUsiFOLiA, Wall. Cat. 6808, from Singapore. The specimens consist of leaves
only, which are probably Lauraceous.
M. SAPIDA, Sleud. Nomsnel, is Mgrica sapida, Wall., ex A. DC. Prod. xiv. 1, 208.
(=.¥. Na'ji, Thunbg., EooJc. fil. FL Br. Ind. v. 113).
s r . SESQUIPEDALIS, WalL Cat. 6809, "an Laurin. fam. ? " from Penang, is Aotinodaphne
sesquipedalis, H. f. & T. (ex Booh. fiL FL Br. Ind. v. 113 ^ 150).
MTRISTICA, Wall. Cat. 9017, from Silhct, does not belong to tliis genus {Iloolc. fil.
FL Br. Ind. v. 113).
The following species, chiefly from the Moluccas, were described in the most
imperfect manner by Roxburgh {FL Br. Ind. iii. pp. 846 ^ 847), and are not now,
i n the absenco of authentic specimens, capable of identification :—
JI. MACROPHYLTJI, Rozb.
M. TELTATA, Roxl).
M. SALICIFOLIA, Willd.
M. SPIGATA, Roxb.
M. PAKVIFLORA, Roxh.
KNEMA GLAUCESCENS, WaU. Cat. 6810 {not of Jack), is referred by Sii- J . D. Hooker
{FL Ind. 159) to MgrKtica furfuracea, H. f. & T. ; also by M. DeCandolle (Prod. xiv.
1, 206).
ANX. ROT. BOR. GAUD. CALCUIIA VOL. 111.
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