ULMAOE/E. 175 



has edible seeds ; its root is astringent, as is also that of A. intcgri- 

 folia, and is employed against diarrhoea and scabby affections. The 

 juice of the fruit has been extolled for maladies of the eyes, and 

 the wood and bark have served to prepare astringent gargles. The 

 bark of A. Lakoocha} in India supplies an astringent medicine, as 

 also that of J. pubesccnsf an Indian species the bark of which is 

 used as an antidiarrhcetic and administered in cases of pain, stiffness 

 of limbs, contusions and tumours. In Java and Malabar A. Bhimei 3 

 has the same reputation. From its buds and leaves is prepared an 

 ointment which is applied to sores and hemorrhoidal tumours. Its fruit, 

 prescribed against diarrhoea, contains an oil employed for culinary 

 purposes. It is edible, as is also that of another Javan species, 

 A. Kertau.* In Cochin China is eaten that of A. Polyphemaf and in 

 the East Indies those of A. impcrialis Roxb., parvifolia Wight, elastica 

 Reinw., longifolia H. Cels, lœvis Basse, and rigidd Bl. 6 The fol- 

 lowing are also reported as Artocarpeœ with edible fruit : in central 

 America Trophis Americana L. ; in Guyana, Bagassa gidanensis Aubl. ; 

 in Brazil, Pourouma acuminata^ bicolor 8 and cccropicvfolia, 9 and 

 many Cccropiœ. These are almost always astringent plants. 10 C. 

 pcltata n is much employed in the Antilles and central America for 

 various purposes. Its caustic latex is used to destroy warts, corns 

 and scabs. Its leaves and inner bark are very astringent, antidiar- 

 rhcetic and antigonorrhoetic. Of its hollow stems and branches the 



1 Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 624. — Wight, Icon. t. dulate, of an agreeable taste; and these species 



681 {Dhca-phul-Bitrhiil Bengal), are said to deserve cidtivation as fruit trees. 



s W. Spec. iv. 189.— Tkéc. 1<>c. cit. 122.— A. (Mart. Sett. iii. 1130). 



hirsuta Roxb. — Ansjcli Rheed. Burt. Malab. iii. 8 Mart. Si/st. Mat. Med. Bras. 34. — Mia. he. 



25, t. 32. cit. 130, t. 39. 



3 Tkéc. he. cit. 111.— A. pubescent Bl. Bijdr. 9 Mart. Sets. iii. 1130; Mat. Med. 34.— Miq. 



481 (nee W.).— Zoll. Verz. 76 {Bmdaah). he. cit. 123, t. 36.— P. multifida Tréc. 



1 Zoll. ex Rosenth. op. cit. 110S. The same 10 Notably C. concolor W. Bumboldtiana Kl. 



author also cites as very dangerous the juice of (C. peltata W. not L.). See Rosenth. op. cit. 



A. venenosa Zoll. 197. 



5 Pers. Si/h. ii. S31. — Tuec. he. cit. 115. — u L. Fug. PI. Jam. Amwi. Acad. v. 410. — 

 Polgphema Champeden Lour. Fl. Coehinch. (ed. Jacq. Obs. ii. t. 46, fig. 4 ; Amer. t. 262. — Mart. 

 1790), 547 (Tjampeda, Cay Mitnai of the Anna- Sail. iii. 1130 ; Fl. Bras. Urtic. 210.— Miq. he. 

 mites). cit. 149. — Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 275. — Endl. 



6 The fruit of A. brasilicnsis Gomez, which Enchirid. 169. — Mér. et Del. Diet. Mat. Mid. 

 is probably only a species introduced from India, ii. 166. — Bosenth. op. cit. 197. — Taruma Ovied. 

 is cited as edible. jSumar. (ed. 1547), fol. 82, b. — Sloan. Mist. i. 



7 Mart. Syst. Mat. Med. Bras. 34.— Miq. in 137, t. 88, fig. 2, t. 89 (Bois-trompette, Bois- 

 Mart. Fl. Bras. Urtic. 130, t. 40 [Ambauba do canon, Figuier de Surinam, Shake-wood of the 

 Vin ho, Mansa). Its fruit and that of the fol- English. 



lowing species are mucilaginous, sweetish aci- 



