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AETOCARPUS OF BRITISH INDIA. 



•J ovate, transversely dehiscent, divergent loculi, exserted ; female receptacles globular or ovoid, smooth ; the 

 anthocarps completely united, only a few bearing seeds. 



Var. G 



King 



Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, 3*5 to 6 in. long; femal 



receptacle ovoid, '75 in. in diameter ; male receptacle '2 

 parts than the type form. 



diameter. Smaller 



Mai 



Griffith, (Kew Distrib.) 4665; Maingay (1482); Perak,— £Wfc<^W, 683 



King 



Collector. 6651, 7533 



A moderately-sized tree ; the receptacles quite smooth on the surface, the succulent apices of the antho- 

 carps being completely fused together so as to form a continuous fleshy mass, through small perforations in 

 which the styles (in the young state) can be seen protruding. Only a few of the anthocarps ripen seeds, 

 which are ovoid and about *5 in. long. In the variety Griffithii all the parts are smaller, and the leaves are 

 more shining and never pruinose beneath ; the stamens are also slightly different from those of typical 



Gomeziana. 



14A 



Gomeziam. Wall. Branch with immature female 



mature 



transverse 



of natural size ; 3, vertical section of young female 

 of an older receptacle showing the young seeds ; 5, male flower ; 6 



of the male perianth ; 7, anther ; 8, pedicellate peltate scale, from male receptacle ; 9, apex of the 



same 



14B 



receptacles. 



Gomeziana, Wall. var. Griffithii y K 



mature 



Branch with male and young female 



of natural size ; 2, section of same showing air 



flower 



Besides the foregoing, which 



indig 



there are found in India in cultivation 



the two species A. integrifoli 



know what Art. ? Finlaysonia 



d 



communis (the Jack and the Bread-fruit). I do not 



(Wall. Cat. 4662) is. 



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