616 LEAFLETS OF PHiLiPPINE BOTANY [Vor. II, Arr. 32 
rather slender and thick ultimate ones ascending toward the 
tips. Leaves ascending, radially spreading, nearly flat or cur- 
vingly conduplieate on the upper dark green shining surface, 
paler beneath, rigid, parchment like, glabrous but occasionally 
tomentulose beneath and along the veins on the upper sur- 
face; blades varying from 3 to 5 dm. wide, 4 to 9 dm. in 
length, nearly equally acute or obtuse at both ends, oblong 
to elliptic in outline, the 3 to 5 pairs of lobes equally in- 
cised to one fourth the distance to the midrib, the sinus 
rounded, the terminal lobe larger or at least broader, all of 
them somewhat oblique to oblongish and terminating into 
short acute ciliated tips; nerves very prominent beneath, strict, 
ascending, the 2 basal pairs comparatively small, 8 to 13 
pairs, the secondary veins of the larger lateral ones also quite 
prominent; petiole 4 to 7 cm. long, ultimately glabrous, 
very stout, with broad oval bases, seminodulous where the 
blade terminates; stipules in pairs, about 2 cm. long, oblong- 
ish, terminating into acute to acuminate points, deep brown 
and glabrous on the inner side, grayish and covered with 
strigose hairs on the outer surface, deciduous. Inflorescence 
axillary, upon pubescent or nearly glabrous recurved pedun- 
cles 5 to 9 cm. long; male spike not corrugated, curved or 
wand like, 2 to 3 dm. long, terete, usually increasing in 
thickness toward the apex, 2 to 3 cm. in diameter; mature 
heads globose, up to 2 dm. in diameter, yellowish green; 
apical free portion of the anthocarps 5 to 8 mm. long, 
linearly elongated, angular or fluted, hispid, terminated by 
small callous caps; seeds or nuts many, imbedded, smooth, 
somewhat irregular in shape or flattened, mostly obovalis 
about 2 cm. long. 
Represented by 10382, A. D. E. Elmer, Dumaguete, ee 
Mountains, Province of Negros Oriental, Negros, June, 1908 
This is the common and widely distributed ''Bread-fruit"". 
From the island of Guam is reported a seedless variety, but all 
our forms are seeded and go under the names of ‘‘Antipolo,”’ 
*"Camansi" or ''Rima." The meat of the fruit is used only after 
. being cooked or roasted. The nuts are occasionally prepared 
. . in the same way for the oil they contain. The young bark or 
— W dune bark of older trees is quite frequently used by the 
|.  . woodsmen as ''gee-strings" or groin girdles. 
