Artocarpus] C. HORACES 611 



3. ARTOCARPUS, Forst.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 539; King, Annals Royal 

 Bot. Garden Calcutta, vol. ii. 1. 



Trees with milky sap, 1. alternate, in the majority of species entire when 

 mature, but 1. of seedlings and coppice shoots often deeply lobed or pinnatifid. 

 Fl. moncecious, £ and ? closely packed, as a rule together with scales, which 

 are often thickened or peltate at the apex, in unisexual globose or cylindrical 

 heads. $ : perianth usually 2-fid., segments concave, obtuse, stamen 1. $ : 

 perianth tubular, confluent with each other and the receptacle, mouth minute. 

 Fr. fleshy more or less globose or cyliudric, consisting of the receptacle and 

 the fleshy perianths, most of which are sterile, enclosing a small number of 

 seeds. The tips of the perianths are hard and often free, appearing as spines 

 or tubercles. Species about 40, from India to the islands of the Pacific Ocean. 



A. Fr. spinous, stipules amplexicaul, leaving annular scars on branchlets. 



1. A. hirsuta, Lamk. : Wight Ic. t. 1957; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 308: Ann. 

 Cal. ii. t. 5. Vera. Ran- or Pat-phannas, Mar. : Heb hctlasu, Kan. : Anjili. 

 Tam. : Ayani, Mai. 



A trill evergreen tree, attaining 200 ft., young shoots, petioles and peduncles 

 hirsute with long tawny hairs, 1. broadly elliptic or ovate, blade 6-10, pet. 

 stout, jt— 3 in. long. (J receptacle cylindrio, slender, pendulous, 4-6 in. long. 

 Fr. ovoid, "2-3 in., spines hispid, \ in. long. 



Western Ghats from the coast to 1,000 ft., from the Konkan southwards. Fl. Jan., 

 Feb. 2. A. riglda, Blume : Ann. Calc. Li. t. 3. — Syn. .1. echinata, E,.xl>. : Wight Ic. t. 680 ; 

 Tenasseriin. I.. •_- 1 1 1 1 ■ t i » - or olinvnto. Made !-!>. pet, >,- : ; in. long, underside with short 

 hairs, upperside glabrous, excepting midrib, i fl. heads globose. 3. A. calophylla, 

 Kurz; Ann. I laic. ii. t. 2. Tenasserim. L. broadly ovate, upperside rough with short 

 white l.i-i-i !e> mi minute tube ivies. nnder>ide soft ly I iiliw, 



B. Fr. tubercled, stipules amplexicaul, annular scars on branchlets. 



4. A. integrifolia, Finn. : Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 250: Wight Ic. t. 678. The 

 Jack tree. Vera. Kanthal, Kathar, Hind.; Phannas Mar.: Panasa, Tel: 

 Halasu, Kan.; l'illa. Tam; Peinnd, Burin. 



A large evergreen tree, glabrous, youngest shoots and midrib with soft stiff 

 hairs. L. thickly coriaceous, shining above, elliptic or obovate, midrib promi- 

 nent beneath, blade 4-8, narrowed into pet. .1-1 in. long, stipules large, early 

 caducous. Fl.-heads in bud enveloped in large stipular deciduous sheaths. 

 <J stout cyliudric, 2-6 in. long. Fr. 12-30 by 6-12 in. hanging on short stalks 

 from the trunk and larger branches, the rind with conical protuberances, seeds 

 reniform, oily. 



in dense forests along the Western Ghats up to 4,000 ft., wild (Beddome, Gamble). 

 In Burma I have often found it in large and dense forests, but only in i he vicinity "f 

 deserted settlements. Cultivated throughout Burma and India, north as far as Lahore. 

 PI. •'. 8. -''.A. peduncularis, Km/. : Ann. Calc. ii. t. 6. Nicobars Perak. I., with a 

 rounded base, fl.-heads J at I indric, erect, on peduncles _l IA in. long. Pr.much 



Bmaller t ban L. 



6. A. Chaplasha, Roxb.; Wight Ic. t. 682: Ann. Calc. ii. t. \-2. Vera. 

 Lutta, Nop.; Chaplash, Chaplis, Beng. ; Taung peinne, Burm. 



A large deciduous tree, young shoots and stipules densely c Ft hod with long 

 stiff hairs, branchlets, petioles and underside of 1. rough with minute stiff 

 hairs, on old trees thinly coriaceous, broadly ovate or elliptic, entire, blade 

 6-10, pet. \ in. long, those on young trees and coppice shoots almost mem- 

 branous, oblong, serrate, lobed or pinnatifid, blade up to 1 in. long, stipules 

 Large, amplexicaul. Fl.-heads tJ and ? globose, peduncles 1.1-2 in. long. Fr. 

 globose, pubescent, tuberculate, 3-4 in. diam., seeds few. 



Stihhiinalayuii tract mid miti-r ranges from V|>a I ■ asl wards. Khasi hills. I'aohar. 



Ohittagong Andamans. Lower B Fl. March, April. 7. a. incisa, Linn, f. 



The Breadfruit tree. Native of the South Sea islands, Introduced Into most tropical 

 countries, Cultivated on 1 1 1. • western coast and In Burma, L. deeply pinnatifid, 



i-:( ft. long. ,: in eluh-shaped spikes. 



