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MYRISTICACE^;.in its substance, is the embryo, which is small, fleshy, yellowish-white,rounded below, where is the radicle its ; cotyledons of 2, large, somewhatfoliaceous, plicate lobes, in the centre of which is seen the plumule.The seed is the nutmeg of the shops, the aril is the mace.They contain a volatile oil which renders them stimulant. In smallquantities they relieve flatulence, and allay colicky pains but in largequantities they excite the circulation and act as narcotics. Pereira.

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