176 A FLORA OF MANILA 
axillary, solitary or in pairs, sessile, dark-purple and fleshy when mature, 
glabrous, 1 cm in diameter or less, the base with three small ovate bracts. 
In dry thickets opposite Fort McKinley, fl. Nov.Jan.; widely distributed 
in the Philippines. India to Malaya. 
11. F. concinna Mig. Balete (Tag.). 
A strangling fig, assuming a tree-like form, 5 to 10 m high, quite 
glabrous. Leaves entire, oblong to elliptic-oblong, smooth, green, shining, 
6 to 11 cm long, acuminate, the petioles 1.5 to 3.5 cm long. Receptacles 
axillary, in pairs or solitary, globose, subsessile or shortly peduncled, pink, 
when mature becoming soft and fleshy, dark-purple, 7 to 8 mm in diam- 
eter, smaller when dry. (FI. Filip. pl. 382.) ; 
In thickets, Masambong to Pasig, occasional, fi. March-Apr.; widely 
distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes. Endemic. 
2. ARTOCARPUS Forster 
Trees with milky juice, the leaves alternate, coriaceous, entire or pin- 
nately lobed, often large. Flowers monoecious, small, densely crowded 
on globose to oblong, solitary, lateral, axillary, or terminal receptacles. 
Male flowers: Perianth 2- to 4-lobed, the lobes obtuse, valvate or im- 
bricate. Stamen 1, erect. Female flowers: Perianth tubular, connate, 
confluent below with the receptacle. Ovary straight; style central or 
lateral. Fruit large, globose to oblong, composed of numerous, greatly 
enlarged, fleshy perianths and carpels (anthocarps), their tips hardened, 
truncate, pyramidal, or spinous. Achenes deeply sunk in the fleshy mass, 
1-seeded. (Greek “bread” and “fruit.”) : 
Species 50 or more, tropical Asia to Polynesia, about 18 in the Phil- 
ippines. 
Leaves usually less than 15 cm long, mostly entire; fruit very large, borne 
on the trunk and larger branches, oblong, 25 to 60 em long. 
1. A. integrifolia 
Leaves very large, deeply pinnately lobed; fruit globose to ovoid, borne on 
the twists! thee (ae ee ee 2. A. communis 
1. A. INTEGRIFOLIA L. f. Lanca, Nanca (Tag.); Jak-fruit. 
A tree reaching a height of from 8 to 15 m. Leaves elliptic-oblong 
to obovate, entire or sometimes 3-—lobed, shining, very shortly acuminate, 
base acute, 7 to 15 cm long, the stipules spathe-like, deciduous. Female 
heads from the trunk or large branches the males terminal or axillary, 
cylindric, 5 to 8 cm long, about 2.5 cm in diameter, when young enclosed 
by spathe-like, stipular sheaths. Sepals 2. Fruit green, oblong, very 
large, fleshy, edible, 25 to 60 cm long, the tips of the anthocarps pyramidal. 
Commonly cultivated, fl. at all seasons; throughout the Philippines, 
cultivated and spontaneous. India to Malaya, but frequently only culti- 
vated; certainly an introduced species in the Philippines. 
*2. A. COMMUNIS Forst. (A. incisa L. f., A. camansi Blanco, A. rima 
Blanco). Rimas, Camansi (Tag.); Colo (Vis.); Pacac (Il.); Bread- 
fruit. 
A tree reaching a height of 15 m. Leaves very large, ovate to oblong, 
coriaceous, 40 to 50 cm long, or frequently much larger on young plants, 
some much smaller leaves frequently also present, somewhat pubescent 
