Brosimum 



MOEACE^ 



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Seed attached near the apex, without endosperm ; cotyledons 

 thick, fleshy, subequal ; radicle small, superior. 



Species about 8, natives of tropical America, from the West 

 Indies and Mexico to Brazil. 



B. AlieastPUm Sw. Prodr. 12 (1788) & Ic. ined. t. 26; Tussac 

 Fl. Ant. i. 86, t. 9 ; Wright Mem. 301 ; Trecul in Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 ser. 3, via. 139, t. 6,/. 163-5; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 152. 

 Alicastrum &c. JBrotcne Hist. Jam. 372. (Fig. 14.) 



Bread-nut. 



Wright ! Lindsay t Browne ; Swartz ; Harris I Fl. Jam. 10,406. — 

 Mexico. 



A high tree. Leaves oblong or elliptical-oblong, cuspidate, glabrous, 

 7-18 cm. 1., 3-6 cm. br. ; stalks 3-10 mm. 1. Receptacles covered with 

 flowers about -5-1 cm. 1. ; peduncles -3-1 cm. 1. Stamens peltate, 1-celled, 

 dehiscing all round. Fruit globose, yellow, about the size of a small plum, 

 2-2-5 cm. 1. 



An excellent timber tree. Nuts and leaves form a valuable fodder. 



6. FICUS L. 



Trees with milky juice. Leaves alternate, entire, conspicu- 

 ously pinnately veined ; stipules enclosing the terminal bud, 



Fig. 15. — Ficus aurea Nutt. 



A, Branch with young figs. 



B, Apex of shoot with two figs ; 

 s, stipule ; I, leaf-scar. 



C, Vertical section of fig ; h, basal 

 bracts ; m, mouth. 



D, Section of small portion of fig show- 

 ing flowers. 



E, Male flower. 



F, Female flower. 



