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India the fruit is said to be grown to perfection in the neighbour- 

 hood of Cawnpore, "thriving in the most barren and sterile places."" 

 Artocarpus incisa. (Urticaceas, Fig family). Bread-fruit ; 

 "Rata-del," S. " Erapillakai," 7*. One of the most handsome of 

 tropical trees, native of the Pacific Islands, Java, etc. ; introduced 

 to Ceylon before 1796. It is a quick grower, attaining a height of 



BULLOCK'S HEART. Anon-n rettculata. 



40 to 60 ft. and bearing very large, shining, deeply* cuHeaves. The 

 fruit is roundish or oval, 4 to 6 inches long by 3 to 5 inches in 

 diameter, pea-green in colour, and produced in twos or threes at 

 the ends of the branches. It seldom contains seed * (except in the 

 case of inferior varieties), the interior consisting of a solid mass of 

 white fleshy pulp, which when sliced and roasted is not unlike the 



''Some varieties contain numerous large Heshy seeds, like those of Jak. these being 

 eaten, while the comparatively scanty pulp is not. 



