Artocarpus.| URTICACEAE. 407 
elastic complanate filaments, the anthers subglobose, introrse. Fem. fl. 
on a globose receptacle, intermixed with clavate bracteoles. Perigone 
urceolate, 3—4-toothed. Ovary on a clavate gynopho ore, 1-celled, with a 
single filiform and puberulous excentrical stigma and 1 pendulous or parietal 
ovule. Ach raised by the elongate. gynophore, exserted from the 
perigone, ‘fleshy at the base and on the stigmatiferous margin, the end 
carp crustaceous. Seed-coat thin. Embryo within scanty albumen, un- 
cinate, the cotyledons oblong. — Lactescent trees with alternate leaves 
and lateral caducous stipules. 
A genus of 4 species, natives of Japan and the Philipine Islands. 
1. B. papyrifera, Vent. — DC. Prod. XVI, 224. — A small tree. Leaves 
ovate, entire or 3-lobed, 5—7/ < 3—4'/2‘, on petioles of 1—11/2‘, acuminate, 
dentate, subcordate, often oblique, chartaceous, scabrous and hispidulous 
on the upper face, tomentose beneath, tripli-nerved at the base, the latera 
nerves scarcely reaching the middle of the blade, penni-nerved above. 
Flowers tomentose. Male spikes 1—2‘ long on peduncles of 3—5". Female 
glomerules axillary, globose or elongate, about 1‘ in diameter, on peduncles 
of 6”, the bracteoles conical and hispid at the ends, the fleshy achenes 
with their dr atlas orange-red. — Endlicher, Gen. Pl. no. 1858. 
Morus papyrifera — Papyrius, Lam. — Seem. Fl. Vit. p. 246. 
The 
Lalo: 
principal fabric made of its fibres oe e loin-girdle. According to Seeman the tree has not 
been found wild anywhere, and its cultivation is unknown in any part of India. 
5. ARTOCARPUS, L. 
monoecious, those of either sex on distinet fe peiieulon: bractless 
. fl. 
tubular, entire. Ovary 1- (rarely 2- or 3-)celled, with 1 pendulous ovu ar 
in each cell. Style lateral, simple and linear (or 2—3- -fid), protruded 
from the narrow aperture of the perigone. Fruit co mpound, consisting 
of the enlarged and Aes consolidated perigones, each enclosing a minute 
nut. Albumen none. Embryo uncinate, the thick cotyledons incumbent 
on the short Talila — Trees or shrubs, with milky juice. Leaves a te, 
with deciduous axillary stipules. Flower-heads or catkins axillary. 
A small genus, dispersed over tropical Asia and Polynesi 
1. A. incisa, L. f. Suppl. p. 61. — A tree, 40—60 ft . high, Leaves 
coriaceous, scabrous, appressedly pubescent, 1 foot and more in length, 
