176 A FLORA OF MANILA 



axillary, solitary or in pairs, sessile, dark-purple and fleshy when mature, 

 glabrous, 1 cm in diameter or less, the base with three small ovate bracts. 

 In dry thickets opposite Fort McKinley, fl. Nov.-Jan.; widely distributed 

 in the Philippines. India to Malaya. 



11. F. concinna Miq. Balete (Tag.). 



A strangling fig, assuming a tree-like form, 6 to 10 m high, quite 

 glabrous. Leaves entire, oblong to elliptic-oblong, smooth, green, shining, 

 6 to 11 cm long, a!cuminate, the petioles 1.5 to 3.5 cm long. Receptacles 

 axillary, in pairs or solitary, globose, subsessile or shortly peduncled, pink, 

 when mature becoming soft and fleshy, dark-purple, 7 to 8 mm in diam- 

 eter, smaller when dry. (Fl. Filip. pi. S82.) 



In thickets, Masambong to Pasig, occasional, fl. March-Apr.; widely 

 distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes. Endemic. 



2. ARTOCARPUS Forster 



Trees with milky juice, the leaves alternate, coriaceous, entire or pin- 

 nately lobed, often large. Flowers monoecious, small, densely crowded 

 on globose to oblong, solitary, lateral, axillary, or terminal receptacles. 

 Male flowers: Perianth 2- to 4-lobed, the lobes obtuse, valvate or im- 

 bricate. Stamen 1, erect. Female flowers: Perianth tubular, connate, 

 confluent below with the receptacle. Ovary straight; style central or 

 lateral. Fruit large, globose to oblong, ' composed of nvimerous, greatly 

 enlarged, fleshy perianths and carpels (anthoearps), their tips hardened, 

 truncate, pyramidal, or spinous. Achenes deeply sunk in the fleshy mass, 

 1-seeded. (Greek "bread" and "fruit.") 



Species 50 or more, tropical Asia to Polynesia, about 18 in the Phil- 

 ippines. 



Leaves usually less than 15 cm long, mostly entire; fruit very large, borne 

 on the trunk and larger branches, oblong, 25 to 60 cm long. 



1. A. integrifolia 



Leaves very large, deeply pinnately lobed; fruit globose to ovoid, borne on 

 the twigs 2. A. communis 



1. A. INTEGRIFOLIA L. f. Lanca, Nanca (Tag.) ; Jak-fruit. 



A tree reaching a height of from 8 to 15 m. Leaves elliptic-oblong 

 to obovate, entire or .sometimes 3-lobed, shining, very shortly acuminate, 

 base acute, 7 to 15 cm long, the stipules spathe-like, deciduous. Female 

 heads from the trunk or larpa branches the males terminal or axillary, 

 cylindric, 5 to 8 cm long, about 2.5 cm in diameter, when young enclosed 

 by spathe-like, stipular sheaths. Sepals 2. Fruit green, oblong, very 

 large, fleshy, edible, 25 to GO cm long, the tips of the anthoearps pyramidal. 



Commonly cultivated, fl. at all seasons; throughout the Philippines, 

 cultivated and spontaneous. India to Malaya, but frequently only culti- 

 vated; certainly an introduced species in the Philippines. 



*2. A. COMMUNIS Forst. (A. incisa L. f., A. camanei Blanco, A. rima 

 Blanco). Rimas, Camansi (Tag.); Colo (Vis.); Pacac (XL); Bread- 

 fruit. 

 A tree reaching a height of 15 m. Leaves very large, ovate to oblong, 

 coriaceous, 40 to 50 cm long, or frequently much larger on young plants, 

 gome much smaller leaves frequently also present, somewhat pubescent 



