p&f Natural History, m. foreign Countries : — 



it is thus ^ccomntcd for by Labillardiere : — " The abortion of the.^eds 

 doubtless arises from the custom which the natives have of propagating it 

 by suckers ; and in this respect it differs particularly from the wild species, 

 the fruits of which are much smaller, fewer in number, and filled with large 

 kernels which are rather difficult to digest." 



The general name for the bread-fruit tree is maiore, of which there 

 ^re twenty-four varieties ; and each has a distinct native' name, as 

 allows':— ' / ' -., 



1, Paea. This is a mbuiitein bread-fruit : the fruit is long, of a large size, and very rough or 

 tuberculated. f 2. Rare, The fruit is round, with a bright epidermis. 



3. Maire. One of the best kinds : it is a large and round fruit, with rather a smooth skin, aiid 

 the leaves are more divided than in any of the other varieties. 



4. Rauiia. 6. Buero. 6. Raumae. 7. Aravei. . A long fruit with smooth «kiM. 



8. PehL 11. Piipiia. '^ ' 14. Opiha. ' ' '' 17. Oviri. '*'''^^ " 



fisiisi tBTBHl 31»efr«it» of these laitJiuitned eleven varieties are of large Mate J bttfilai ?Mi 

 19. Pafara. 20. Afatp.*^ lo OiL'J JliJIUq 



sUl'^i n : J^Ww^^>ivn-hnu 23- Anuanu. ,{ ., ,.j j, ,. f^^aiqr^, ^phj,, ,,j^ 

 ^i^^rbst^^ \0i{^&\ <toinihon bread-ifruit (maiote feignifyii&g bread-fruit, and 

 ijQt|i^j)ldQd)8fnon[)bi)<)vThe leaves, as wdl as the fruit, attain a very large 



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El,The leaves of the different varieties vary in their form as well as 

 size; but most of them are large, some measuring from 2ift. to 3ft* 

 in length, and from 20 in. to 2 ft. in breadth: they are villous, rugged, 

 more or less deeply cut, and, on being broken, are found to contain d 

 white visctid juice ; which is also collected (by incisions being made) in 

 abundance from the trunk of the tree, and is found, on trial, an excel* 

 J,0nt substitute for pitch. This tree attains the height of from 50 ft. to 

 §0 ft., and a circumference of 5 ft. or 6 ft.; the timber is excellent, and 

 (durable even when kept in water ; the colour of the heart is reddish, and 

 the sap-wood, which is not durable, of a light yellow; the wood is soft, and is 

 psed by the natives for building their vessels, as well as for a variety of 

 f ^er purposes. Some of the native cloth (named hobuu and aaone) is 

 manufactured from the bark of this tree, after undergoing the same prei- 

 p^tration as the bark of the ante or paper mulberry tree (Broussonet?a 

 ^pyrifera). 



Dracai^na termindlis (or ti of the natives). There are also several 

 yarieties of this plant. The root contains a quantity of saccharine liquor; 

 ^ is long and fusiform, and is baked and eaten by the natives ; the leaves 

 fiimish an excellent provender for cattle, and form a good sea-stock for 

 that purpose; rum has also been distilled ^oittil^be roots. The varieties are 

 fieven in number : — ; oibi j . ., , 5 



,K5. Tiura. 3. Rauroa. 5. Taratarata^*olilod y.8!Hpiia6K|.10ri3o lo 



^if M^'^"^- *• Abuabu. 6. Oheohe. .Lo-Sjbiq ci Glild fiflj iu6 



ji; Krum esculentum. The varieties of this plant {the tare ^f the natives) 

 iffe also very numerous, and are as follows : — ; . .. r ;r ^ 



^iPoitere. 7.'Uute. ^'^^-^ ^^\J ^3. lihi. ^'^^ '^^k^'^iiWiiyk?^^"^*^^ 



« Poti. 8. Anuanu. ,89qoi lOlii Bura-uutei (» n't fflOJjUB^jalfi ?A A1b6 



& More. 9. Huararo.,^: /-t,;vAV\J5. Vainia. 21.^ Mauroa-.K- „a-t> 



ef? Onoa. 10. Papeata. ^^ -^^^^^l"J6. Anatia. 22. Tara.^^*^ ^^^ 



-{A Veo-oa. 11, Hoahoa.mMlIvuqO]17. Pehu. ^r '!9fiiJ320l 



j-^e. Veo-uru. 12. Fafa. ■-, ■ !l8. Maabuta. ,i,. juf.! ' ' " • 



l-: The two following are both mountain and lowland jtxtoiii tkt thii'd is a 

 fijfountain taro : — ^,.,..1^ -u .- .; -fjiuu^is a.^ .u:>j8ix9 '^h^oiiui ;<-,y,.i,i.| 



-^-1. Abura. y,(j i^^-j ri g. Abura «t©gof{3 'io IrIO'/O&Io 3'Jlt9A»«q Olii vd 



'' The 7th and 14ttfW the varieties befor^^ittglitfo-W^tT; 'ilMffifefyrUlft^ ki} a 

 Bura-uute, yield a juice of a beautiful purplish colour. 



'QfMmaLPMiMiAnT^^fOrMeidy thevaeieties are as follows c-^^- 

 ytl D92II ar ii ^i^atnh htiR bifid no a ai boo7? arii h^n jIjwois '^olz "to aai? 



