. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . ich have a reddish-brown colour, and abound in at the base of the seed; radicle inferior, hemispherical ;cotyledons two, large, flat, foliaceous, fan-shaped ; plumule two-lobed. Hab.—Moluccas, especially the Isle of Banda. The Dutchhave endeavoured to confine the nutmeg tree to three of thelittle cluster of the Banda isles, viz. Pulo Ay, Banda, andNera. Curing.—Mace is prepared for the market by separating it from the nutmeg,and drying it for some days in the sun, when its rich crimson changes to dustyyellow. Nutmeg requ
. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . ich have a reddish-brown colour, and abound in at the base of the seed; radicle inferior, hemispherical ;cotyledons two, large, flat, foliaceous, fan-shaped ; plumule two-lobed. Hab.—Moluccas, especially the Isle of Banda. The Dutchhave endeavoured to confine the nutmeg tree to three of thelittle cluster of the Banda isles, viz. Pulo Ay, Banda, andNera. Curing.—Mace is prepared for the market by separating it from the nutmeg,and drying it for some days in the sun, when its rich crimson changes to dustyyellow. Nutmeg requires more care in curing, on account of the attacks of aninsect (the nutmeg-insect). They are first sun-dried for three days: then laid onhurdles and smoke-dried by a slow wood-fire for three months, at the end ofwhich time they are freed from their shells, and dipped twice or thrice in limewater, or rather a thick mixture of lime and water, to secure them from thedepredations of insects. It is said that while the nutmegs are in their shells, vol. ii. 23. Myristica officinalis. Fig. 194.
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