Artocarfws. monoi:ci.v mon anuria. 521 



ARTOCARPUS. Schreb. gen. N. 1393. 

 Male mid Fema/e florets on the interior surface of ditte- 

 rent receptacles. JJale proper perianth i'rom two to fhree- 

 Icaved. Cor o I let s noiw. I'emale proper perianlli oiie-valved. 

 Corolkts none. G'e;m one-celled, one-seeded ; attachment 

 superior. Style single. Fruit compound. Emhrtfo witli- 

 onl perjj^pernj. 



1. A. hirsutu. Lamarck, t^ncijcl. iii. 201. 



Leaves entire, ovate. Stipnles hirsute. Male amenls 

 cylindric and pendulous. Female globular and erect. 



Artocarpus puhescens. Willd. iv. IDS. 



Ansjeli. Rheed. Mai. iii. t. 32. 



Angelee is the name it is known by among-stthe natives in 

 the vicinity of Tellicherry. 



A native of the forests of Malabar, where it is common and 

 grows to be a tree of great magnitude, and its timber is used 

 for various economical purposes. Mr. Dyer, the surgeon at 

 Tellicherry, who sent me specimens in tlower gathered in Fe- 

 bruary, says it is chiefly hewn out to make fishing boats as 

 mentioned by Van Rheede. 



Young shoots hirsute. Leaves alternate, petioled, oval, 

 entire, obtuse, somewhat hairy underneath, particularly the 

 large parallel veins, from six to seven inches long, and from 

 four to five broad. Petioles short, hirsute. Stipules lan- 

 ceolate, hairy on the outside. Aments in pairs, axillary or 

 from the axills of the former year's leaves ; male long, slender 

 and pendulous; female round, longer-peduncled and erect. 

 Bractes or chaffy scales linear, obtuse and mixed amongst 

 the male florets. Male perianth one-leaved, sub-cylindric; 

 mouth two-parted. Carol none. Filaments single, the length 

 of the calyx. Anthers two-lobed. Female perianth one- 

 valved ; the lower third part of the whole length firmly unit- 

 ed to each other, ihe other two thirds daggered; nearly solid, 

 there being only a slender perforation through lU centre for 

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