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** Be kind and courteous to this gentleman, 
Hop in his walks, and gambol in his eyes; . 
Feed him with apricots and dew-berries 
With purple grapes, green-jigs and mulberries.” 
Midsummer-Night’s Dream. 
1373. F. Ruaeepi. Handur alou. Rheed. Mal. 3. ¢. 59. . 
A tree, with alternate, long petioled, ovate oblong leaves. The Concans, 
and on the Ghauts. 
1374. F. Corpirota ? Rox. Flora. Ind. 3. p. 548. 
Puir.—a large tree; leaves heart-shaped, pointed; curiously netted be- 
neath; on long slender foot-stalks, 
At Kandalla, pretty common.—The tree here referred to, has something 
of the habit of F. religiosa. 
1375., F. Dacmona? Rox, Flora. 3. p. 562. 
A tree, with very scabrous leaves; and fruit growing in large clusters 
from the trunk. Bombav;—the Ghauts &c. pretty common. 
The sycamore tree, (Luke 19. 4) is the Ficus sycomorus; native of Egypt 
and Syria. Like the tree here referred to, it bears its fruit on the trunk. 
1376. F, ——-——-——? 
Loongur.—A large tree with something of the habit of F. elastica. 
Grows on Parell hill, and at Major Miller’s old Bungalow, Matoonga. 
1377. F. Acuminata. Bot. Mac. t. 3282. 
A tree, fruit solitary, yellow. The Concans. 
647. ARTOCARPUS. tL. Monoecia Monandria. 
From Artos—bread (Psalms 104, 15. root aireo, to raise up, strenethen;— 
Frencb dever,—hence the English word leaven.) and karpos—fruit;— Bread 
fruit tree; first ma@le known to Europe by Dampier and Anson, and the 
celebrated Capt. Cook.—(see his Voyages.) The English words bread, and 
brouse, may come directly from the Greek Broma—tfood. Lam, t. 744 aud 
745. Gaert. t. 71 and 72. 
1378. A. InctsA. Rox. Flora. 3. p. 523. Soccus lanosus, granosus and 
sylvestris, Rumph. Amb. J. ¢. 32. 33. 34. Bot. Mag. ¢. 2869. 2870. and 
2871. Fruit au pain, Sonnerat Voy. New Guinea. ‘t. 87. 60), 
The Bread fruit tree. A middle sized tree; branches full of a viscid 
milky juice; leaves large, variously cut and lobed. Fruit round, size of 
a small Pummalo; curiously muricated. 
Parell garden,—Giergaum Woods.-- Fort. —Colabab. —Only five or six 
trees are to be found on the whole Island. They seem to be of slow growth, 
but to thrive well; and it may become an object of importance to increase 
their cultivation, — Roxburgh says, the winters in Bengal are too cold for it. 
It does not appear to be affected by them here. 
Most people have heard of the unfortunate Captain Bligh, who was sent 
to the South Sea Islands, for the purpose of introducing the Bread fruit 
tree in the West Indies. 
1379, A. InrecriroLiaA. Rox. Flora. Ind. 3. p. 522. Soccus arboreus. 
Rumph. Amb. }. ¢. 30. and 31, Tsjaca maram. Rheed. "Mal. Bh Us, CAG re 
and 28. Rox. Cor. 3. ¢- 250. Polyphema Jaca. Loureiro’s Cochin China 
Sitodium cauliflorum, Gaert. Fruct. 1. ¢. 71, and 72, Bot. Mag. ¢. 2833 and 
2834, 
The Pinna, or Jack tree; generally to “be met with about villages, 
throughout the Concans,---The large fruit, which grows from the tr unk and 
main branches, forms to the natives an article of diet; and the wood is 
in common use among Carpenters, for making household furniture,---In 
Malabar, the tree attains a large size, 
