cxvi. URTicACE.i;. 057 



to the base; main nerves about 10 pairs, prominent beneath ; petioles 

 stoLit, |-| in. long ; stipules nearly 1 in. long, lanceolate. Flowers on 

 axillary pedunculate receptacles ; the male receptacles narrowly cylindric, 

 at first erect or ascending, afterwards pendulous, 4-6 in. long and about 

 |- in. in diam. ; the female receptacles erect, 4| by 3^ in. Male tlowees : 

 ISepals 2, united below. Stamen 1 ; anther exserted, ovate. Keceptacle- 

 scales (bracteoles) chaffy, not peltate. Female flowers : Perianth 

 tubular, confluent below with the rece]itacle. Fruit size of a lemon, 

 echinate, the spines (free apices of anthocarps) about! in. long, cylindric, 

 straight, hispid, perforate at the apex for tlie filiform style, edible. 

 Seeds i-f in. long, ovoid. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 541 ; Grab. Cat. p. 193 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 244; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 308; King, in Ann. Koy. 

 Bot. Gard, Calc. v. 2 (1889) p. 9, t. 5 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 332; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 516; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 1, p. 329. — Flowers : Jan.-Feb. 



KoNKAN : Law], Talbot. Deccan : ^hor aoiintvy, JDalzell ^- G-ihson; Sn,ng\i, Bed sell 1 

 Kanaka : evergreen forests of N. Kanara, Talbot ; Divimana (N. Kanara), Wooclrow. — 

 DiSTKiB. ludia (W. PeiiinsuLi). 



2. Artocarpus Lakoocha, Roxh. Fl. lad. v. 3 (1832) p. 524. A 

 large deciduous tree reaching 50-150 ft. in height with a spreading head; 

 bark rough, grey ; young shoots thin, densely clothed with a soft grey, 

 tawny or rusty tomentum. Leaves coriaceous, 4-12 by 2-6 in., oblong, 

 elliptic or subovate, entire (the young ones sometimes serrate), obtuse, 

 cuspidate, glabrous and shining above, softly pubescent beneath, base 

 broad or narrow, truncate or rounded ; main nerves 6-12 pairs with 

 reticulate venation between; petioles |-1 in. long, lanceolate, tawnj^- 

 pubescent. Flowers in axillary globose shortly pedunculate heads ; 

 bracteoles peltate. Male flowers : Sepals 2-3, triangular, truncate, . 

 puberulous. Stamen 1 ; filament broad below, tapering upwards ; 

 anther exserted, short, broad, 2-celled. Female flowers : Anthocarps 

 completely united. Fruit 2-3 in. in diam., lobulate, smooth, velvety, 

 yellow, edible. Seeds oblong, few, broad, about | in. across. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 5, p. 543 ; Grab. Cat. p. 193 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 244 ; Bedd. For, Man. 

 in Flor. Sylvat. p. ccxix ; King, in Ann. Eoy. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. 2 (1889) 

 p. 14; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 332; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 516 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 971 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod, 

 v. 1, p. 333. — Flowers: Mar.-Apr. Vern. Otamh:^ Loivl. 



KoNKAN : Law !, Stocls], Talbot ; Salsette and N. Konkan, Graham. S. M. Country: 

 Dharwar, Woodrovj. Kanara : evergreen forests ofN. Kanara, common in the forests 

 of Yellapur, Talbot; Yacombi, Wooclrow \, Cookel; west of Supa, Bitchie, 1381! — 

 DiSTRiB. India (Subbimalayau tract and outer bills, Khr.sia, Birma, W. Peninsula) ; 

 Ceylon, Malay Peninsula. 



Artocarpus integrifolia, Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) p. 412. A large ever- 

 green tree, glabrous except the youngest shoots. Leaves 4-8 in. long, 

 elliptic or obovate, acuminate, entire, or those of the young plants some- 

 times lobed, dark-green and shining above, rather rough beneath, base 

 narrowed; main nerves 7-8 pairs: petioles |-1 in. long; stipules large, 

 glabrous, soon caducous. Fruit 12-30 by 6-12 in., hanging on short 

 stalks from the trunk and larger branches ; anthocarps pyramidal. Seeds 

 oblong or reniform, oily, of the size of a nutmeg. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 541 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 192; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 244; BedJ. For. Man. in Flor. 



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