OF iiUITliSll INDIA. 



g 



harsh, smooth, ex< pt the pubescent 



midrib 



ressed sub-hispid; midrib ami 10 or 1 pair* of main 



nerves bold and adpn d-pubescent on the lower surface, the rest of the lower surface suh-glal 



or adpressed-hispidulous ; the ret i< illations minute, distinct; hngth of blade I t< 

 3-5 in.; petiole 1 in. long ; stipules in pairs, lanceolate, and, like the petiole, adn 

 •25 in. to -5 in. long, caducous. Receptacles of both sexes axillary, globular, on 



of two gub-ooncav.'. oyate, blunt, hirsute pieces; anther small, rounded, e»« ri 

 receptacular scales with flat ciliate tope and stout pedl ill : I male reee] les 



« < 



lireatlth 5 to 



j. id t smally, 



d{»r< — -hispid 



f ; the p riant h 

 t rather broad 



ot lobiil, about 



anthocarps oylii lrio-C tnio, Mroigl , aliout 



ore 



After carefully comparing authentic specimens of Blume's rigid* w U ftoxl ixga'i publico* dmcriplion ol 



echinata and with his manuscript 



the Calcutta Herbarium,] am com 



the two are the same, ltoxburgh's most therefore give way to the older name of Blame. - . 

 vary considerably as to hairiness, less so as to form of leaf. Some have the under surface of the Leavei 

 the petioles and peduncles, densely to.uentosediispid, while others are nearly glabroue. Some of I >e 



specimens 



Perak specimens have the leaves . ,.,„,•. 



Scort 1979) have acute apices. The specimens issued by Wallich {Cat. W58) as i hmata % Boxb. consisl 

 partly of Artocarpu* Gonuziana, Wall., and of leaves of Ficue callow, WOld., with loose receptacles of 



Artocarpus echinata, Eoxb. 



Plate 3 — Artocarput rigida, Bl. Branch with immature female receptacle. 1, transverse section of 

 mature female receptacle; 2, young female recept acle-o/ natural si ; 3, 4, 5 male flov , from different 



- ~ 1 n tree npex of an anthocarp 



male 



protrudin 



5 Artocmjhjs kunstleki, not), spec. Foliis permagnit, orato-ellipticis, ad apicem 



basemnue attenuate, adultis integ™, juvcmlibus groett serratia. Beceptacolu fetuinii. 



eblongk eehinatw; spinia reflexis, hupido-tomentoei. ; rtipulia 4-7 une longu, externa 



senciis. 



Perak in the low country (Kinfs Collector, 3491, (5790, 6967, 10063); U 



Mainuay, (Kew Distrib.) 1484 



diametro, fulvo-toraent lie, annulatis ; folia 



^ ov 40-60 pedalis; ramulis junioribus circa ;o unc. diametro, luivo-rome no, ,, -—-•--- 

 .- 7\ • *■ Lb ellintica ad apicem basemque attenuate subtus nqoabiliter adpremo-pilosa, 



costulis 10-« jugis, cumuex-vuw^ ^— — ' , , l0 6 1 1;5 unc> lat peti()Iis i.5. 



n ervo medio costuli sq ne t— ; «^ ^£» £LJ5* «*. dense fuLtome, . 



T ffi r^f^T^l utriu^ue sesus miliaria pedunculata ; pedunculis -* un, 

 mtus glabns 4-7 unc. *£» verm iculato-rugosis, 4-0 unc. longis, 1-lfi unc. lat *, pubescentibus : 



tongis; receptaculis c? cjhndrati vermi J, Lispido-pubescent.bus, intus glabris; 



fl. * sessions, penanthu ^ *^ sub-glabrie, basi divergentibus, longit nahter 



stamen 1; filamento ^ ^^^ ^^JZ 2'5 unc in diametro; spinis eylindratis, hi.pidulo- 

 dehiscentibus. Eeceptacula femmea 4-7 unc. longa, 



tomentosis, valde reflexis ; paleis nulbs. 



This is a 



superb tree ; the male receptacles are cream-coloured, the female yellow. The latter 

 l-VL. .Un drv. When immature the core is woody. 



often split at the apes when dry. 



Plate 4. 



Kumtkri, King. Twig with small 



6 



mmature 



g receptacle — of 



outer surface of one of the two pieces ot the 6 perianth ; 



surfac 



6 



obovatis 



Ajhocabpw biksvta, Lamh Eneycl. Si 210. Folii. late ovati, Tel lovato-clliptici., wk, 

 n Sj ad basem paulum attenuate, apice sub-acatis. Beceptecnh. fenunus ovoidns, 



Amr. Bot. Gakd. Calc. Vol. II. 



