MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 161 
cherry, with sharp acid flavor, and is used for jelly. The 
ect is valuable in alleviating the parching of the throat in 
ever. £2 
Artocarpus integrifolia. Urticaceae. Jak fruit.— This _ 
plant has been grown from time immemorial in southern 
Asia. The fruits attain an enormous size, and certain var- 
ieties are highly esteemed as articles of food by the natives 
of India. The name “Jak’’ is derived from the Sanskrit 
name of the fruit, “Tehakka.” The wood is valuable for 
making furniture. 
Atalantia trimera (glauca). Rutaceae. Desert lemon.—A 
tree native of Queensland and New South Wales. The fruit 
is globular, 14 inch in diameter. It may be used for pre- 
serves, or an agreeable beverage is made from its acid juice. 
Blighia sapida. Sapindaceae. Akee tree——A tree native 
of western tropical Africa, early introduced into the West 
Indies. It forms a handsome specimen 30 feet in height, 
having large broad-winged leaves. The fruit has a reddish 
color, is about 3 inches in length, and contains a yellowish 
pulpy aril in which are imbedded three black seeds. In its 
Taw state it is considered poisonous, but cooking makes it 
wholesome. During the season large quantities are brought 
to Kingston (Jamaica) market. 
Brosimum Alicastrum. Urticaceae. Bread-nut tree. — A 
large tree of the West Indies. It has lance-shaped leaves and 
fruit about the size of a plum, containing one nut-seed, which 
when roasted is edible. The wood has a fine grain like 
mahogany. 
Calodendron capensis. Rutaceae. Cape chestnut. — The 
tree is a native of the Cape of Good ne Tt has broad, 
elliptical leaves, and snow-white flowers. The fruit is a five- 
celled, five-angled, prickly capsule, bearing some resemblance 
to the fruit of the chestnut. The seeds are shiny black. 
Carica Papaya. Papayaceae. Papaw tree.—A fast-growing, 
soft-wooded tree of tropical America, averaging 20 feet in 
height. The thick stem is terminated by a crown of large- 
lobed leaves on long foot-stalks, the flowers being produced 
from the stem, below the leaves. The fruit when ripe is yel- 
low, 8-10 inches long, and shaped like a melon. It is pal- 
atable when eaten with sugar and has the flavor of apricots. 
The tree and fruits are full of an acrid milky juice which 
is used to make animal flesh tender, old fowls or hogs being 
wrapped in the leaves. 
Carissa grandiflora. Apocynaceae. Natal plum.—A low, 
prostrate b, native of South Africa, where it is used ex- 
