URTICACE^. 289 



Grah, Cat. B. pi. p. 191.) ^^^ 5^? Kaku-doomoor. 5 Coromandel. 

 Hills east of Panwell. Kandella, Bengal, (Serampore.) Fruit-recep- 

 tacles in axillary pairs, peduncled, globular, umbilicated, hairy, the 

 size of a large nutmeg, or on cauline racemes, appearing and ripening 

 throughout the year. This species is, from its being sown by birds, a 

 great destroyer of houses and walls. 



39. Damonum, Kon. MSS. (Vahl. emm. 2, p. 198; not Roth.; — 

 Roxb. fi. ind. 3, p. 562 ; — Spreng. syst. 3, p. 784.) 5 Coast of 

 the Tanjore Country. Fruit-receptacles in pairs, on long radical 

 racemes, often under ground, or single or in pairs on the trunk 

 and branches, obovate, very hairy, umbilicated, the size of a large 

 nutmeg, in H. C. G. appearing and ripening throughout the year. 

 {Eoxb.) 



40. Ampelos, Burm. {ind. p. 226. — F. asperrima, Roxb. ; — Rheed. 3, t. 60.) 

 Hilly parts of the Concan. 



41. Benjamina, L. {Mant. — Roxb. fi. ind. 3, p. 550; — Rheed. 1. t. 26.) 

 Kamrup. Peninsula of India. 



42. artocarpifolia. Wall. Penang. Dec. 1833. 



G. DoRSTENiE^, Gaudich. 



(Lindl. Nat. syst. p. 178.) 

 DoRSTENiA, L. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 758. No. 3074; — Endl. gen. pi. \, p. 

 278.) 

 1. Contrayerva, L. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 777. — Plum. ed. Burm. t. 119; — 

 Jacq. icon. rar. 4, t. 614.) %. Peru, Mexico, and some of the W. India 

 Islands. FI. most minute, green, on a fleshy receptacle, R. S. ; fr. 

 C. S. but not often. Root bitterish, somewhat pungent, with a 

 remarkable overpowering odour, sudorific, formerly used as an anti- 

 dote to the bites of venomous animals. {Fee.) 



H. Artocarpe^, Gaudich. 



{Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 178.) 

 Artocakpus, L. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 758. No. 3082; — Endl. gen. pi. 1, 

 p. 281. 

 \. integrif alius, h. {Suppl, ; — Spreng. syst. 3, p. 804; — Roxb. Coram. 

 3, t. 250 ;— /. ind. 3, p. 522 ;—B. M. 55, t. 2833-34 ;— /. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 192. — A. heterophylla. Lam. — Rademachia Integra, 

 Thunb. act. holm. 36, p. 252. — Polyphema Jaca, Lour. — Sitodium cau- 

 liflorum, Gartn. fr. 1, p. 345, t. 71, 72;— Rheed. 3, t. 26, 27, 28;— 

 Rumph. 1, t. 30, 31.) ^t^t«l Kantal. Jack-fruit. Entire-leaved Bread- 

 fruit, b Moluccas. Both Peninsulas of India. Ceylon. Bengal, (Se- 

 rampore.) Much cultivated. FI. very minute, greenish or (the male) 

 white, crowded on a large receptacle, so as to form an amentum, Jan. 

 and Feb. ; fr. May, June and July. Wood hard, approaching in ap- 

 pearance to mahogany, much used for furniture in Ceylon, and some 

 other parts of India. The natives prepare their best birdlime from 

 the tenacious white juice, which abounds in all the uneatable parts 



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