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ARTOCAETUS 



sub-aeuta ; costulis 10 jugis, prominulis ; supra puberula vel sub-glabra, subtus minute molliter Tel 

 hispidato-puberula, reticulata; 6—8 unc. looga, 3'5— 5 unc. lata, petiolis 1 unc, puberulis; stipuli 

 ovato-acutis, adpresse-sericiis, petiolis brevioribus. Receptacula femiuea axillaria, pedunculata, basi Z— 4 

 bracteata, globosa, echinata, spinis (i.e. apicibus autbocarpum singulorum) tenuibus, teretibus, acutis, kevigatis, 

 apice perforatis : receptaculum 5 ignotum. 



This is apparently not a common plant, as it does not occur in the collections of either Father 

 Scortechini or of Mr. Kunstler (the Calcutta Collector). It is at once distinguished by the bracts at 

 the base of the female receptacle. The female receptacles of this resemble those of A. rigida/Bl., 

 but the leaves and young branches are very different. Male receptacles of this are unknown. This was 

 considered by Kurz to be Miquel's species rufesccns, but it does not agree with Miquel's description: 

 moreover Miquel ultimately (Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 211.) himself reduced his rufesccns to Tampang, 

 and Tampang is in my opinion but a variety of Lakoocha, Boxb. 



Plate IB. — Artocarpus bracteata, King. Twig with immature female receptacle: of natural size. 





3. Artoc 



Kurz For. Flora Brit. Burm. ii. 431. Foliis 



ovato-ellipticis, basi rotundis vel sub-cordatis nee attenuatis, subtus molliter tomentosis vel 

 pubescentibus : receptaculis femineis basi ebracteatis, globosis, echinatis ; spinis rectis, 

 cylindratis, hispido-scabridis. * 



Burmah, in Tenasserim, — Falconer (1015); Kurz. 



Young shoots of the thickness of a swan's quill, deeply striate, rugose, and densely covered with 

 short, rufous, tomentum ; leaves coriaceous, petiolate, broadly ovate to ovate-elliptic, entire, acute, the base 

 rounded or slightly cordate; lower surface softly and minutely tawny-tomentose ; the midrib aud 

 main nerves (of which there are 9 to 11 pairs) stout; minor nerves obscure; upper surface harsh, 

 minutely tuberculate-hispid ; the midrib and nerves tomentose ; length of blade 4 - o to 6 in., 

 breadth 3 to 4 in. ; petiole '75 in. or less, tomentose ; stipules in pairs, ovate-lanceolate, tomentose 

 externally, *75 in. long; male receptacle unknown; female receptacle globular, on a short peduncle, 

 echinate, sub-hispid ; free apices of anthocarps (spines) about *25 in. long, 6cabrid-hispid ; the perforation 

 for the style rather wide; seeds ovoid, *5 in. long; core woody. 



I have seen only two specimens of this ; Falconer's consisting only of a leafy twig, and Kurz's 

 with a single detached female receptacle. This receptacle is like that of echinata, the leaves however 

 being different. The species is a good one if the leaves and receptacle belong to the same tree. 

 Kurz describes it as " an evergreen middle-sized tree. " 



Plate 2.— Artocarpus calophylla, Kurz. Leafy twig, and detached immature female receptacle : of 

 natural size. Drawn from Kurz's original specimen. 



4. Artocarpus rigida, BL Bijdr. 482. Foliis obovato-ellipticis ad oblongis, basi 

 attenuatis, supra (nervis exceptis) glabris vel minute adpresso sub-hispidatis, subtus hispidatis 

 adultis sub-glabris, nervis adpresso-pubescentibus ; reticulis parvis, distinctis. Recep- 

 taculis feminiis globosis; spinis rectis, cylindratis, angulatis, scabriclis.— Trecul in Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. ser. 3. viii. 114; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 286 ; Supp. 418; in Ann. Mm. Lugd. 

 Bat. iii. 211; Kurz For. Flora Brit. Burm. ii. 431.— A. echinata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 527; 

 Trecul I.e. 113; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2. 286; Supp. 418; Wight Icon. 680. 



In the Malayan Archipelago, widely distributed. Sumatra,— Forbes, 3041 ; Perak (,£%'* 

 Collector, 6727, 6751, 6921, 7612, 77 o5),— Scortechini, 1979; Malacca, —Maingay, U74 ; 

 Burmah,— Heifer, 4669. From the sea level to elevations of 1,000 ft. 



A tree, 50 to 80 ft. in height. Young shoots about as thick as a goose-quill and covered with stiff, 

 Bub-adpresaed, yellowish, hairs; leaves coriaceous, more or less hard and harsh, obovate-elliptic to oblong' 

 entire ; the apex rounded and obtuse or sub-acute ; narrowed to the base, which is rounded or acute at 



