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cited by this singular tree, to recollect that the 

 Bounty, rendered so celebrated by the mutiny 

 of Christian, was sent out, under Captain Bligh, 

 to convey a number of plants of this tree from 

 Otaheite to the British settlements in the West 

 Indies ; and that there actually were seven 

 hundred and seventy-four plants on board, at the 

 very time the mutiny broke out. The leaves of 

 the Bread-fruit tree are very large, being some- 

 times two or even three feet long, and a foot 

 and a half broad ; they are leathery, and are 

 cut into from three to nine deep lobes. Their 

 colour is a deep green, with yellowish veins. 

 The petioles are short and thick, and there are 

 large stipules which wither and fall off before 

 the leaves. The whole plant abounds in milky 

 juice, which flows abundantly when the leaves 

 or branches are wounded or broken. 



The Jack tree {Artocarpus integrifolia) ^ bears 

 fruit of an oblong form often seventy or eighty 

 pounds in weight, the pulp of which is seldom 

 eaten ; but the seeds, which are abundant, are 

 considered very good, and are said when roasted 

 to have the flavour of sweet chesnuts. The 

 leaves are very thick and leathery, and much 

 smaller than those of the Bread-fruit, being 

 seldom more than six or eight inches long. 

 They are also generally entire, but this is by no 

 means a constant character, notwithstanding 



