BOTANY. 1*20 



MOUNTAIN JACK. 



There is an echinated, agreeably acid fruit produced 

 by a large tree, which the Burmese call the mountain 

 jack. The leaves of the young trees are gashed like 

 some species of oak. One of our Tavoy surgeons trans- 

 planted a tree to his own garden, under the impression thai 

 it was A. incisa, the breadfruit tree, not being aware that 

 in old trees the leaves are entire. 

 Artocarpus echirtatus. 



LAt'OOCHA BREAD-FRUIT. 



This fruit is usually designated by Europeans " a kind 

 of a fig ; ' ; but it is a species of artocarpus ; occasionally 

 SraiseVI near native houses. 



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HAIR? BREAD-FRUIT. 



This indigenous fruit resembles the preceding, in every 

 et. except that it is covered with soft, weak hairs. 

 Artocarpus hirsutus . 



SMALL BREAD-FRUIT. 



This is an orange-colored fruit resembling in taste a 

 custard apple, and in appearance a ng, but it is a speci s 

 of artocarpus. which 1 cannot find any where describ r 5 

 though not scarce in our forests. 

 Artor arpus. 

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MORINDA FRUIT. 



A species of morinda is often seen growing near 

 Burman houses, which produces a "fruit as large as a 

 pullet's egg- It is a great favorite with the Burmese, and 

 is served up in their curries. 

 Morinda, 



