Chapter XII. 



FRUITS OF THE SOCIETY ISLANDS. BREAD-FRUIT J 

 HOG-PLUM. — NEW FRUITS OF AUSTRALIA. — CON- 

 CLUSION. 



The Bread-Fruit — Artocarpus incisa. 



The bread-fruit, originally found in the south-eastern 

 parts of Asia and the islands of the Pacific, though 

 now introduced into the tropical parts of the western 

 continent, and the West India islands, is one of the 

 most interesting, as well as singular productions of 

 the vegetable kingdom. There are two species of it : 

 the bread-fruit, properly so called (^Artocarpus in- 

 cisa), with the leaves deeply gashed or divided at the 

 sides, which grows chiefly in the islands ; and the 

 Jack fruit, or Jaca tree (Artocarpus iniegrifoUa), 

 with the leaves entire, which grows chiefly on the 

 main land of Asia. The latter has been already 

 noticed. 

 The bread-fruit is a beautiful as well as a useful tree: 



