ArtocarpiLs] G. MORACEiE 611 



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



Bot. Garden Calcutta, vol. ii. 1. 



Trees witli 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 5 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 cylindric, 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. Yern. Ban- or Pat-phcmnas, Mar. ; Heb Jialasu, Kan. ; Anjili. 

 Tarn.; Ayani, Mai. 



A tall 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, l~f in. long. ^ receptacle cylindric, slender, pendulous, 4-6 in. long. 

 Fr. ovoid, 2-3 in., spines hispid, J in. long. 



"Western Ghats from the coast to 4,000 ft., frora the Konkan southwards. Fl. Jan., 

 Feb. 2. A. rigida, Blume ; Ann. Calc. ii. t. 3. — Syn. A, echinata, Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 680 ; 

 Tenasserim. L. elliptic or ohovate, blade 4-9, pet. ^-| in. long, tinderside with short 

 hairs, npperside glabrous, excepting midrib. 6 fl. heads globose. 3. A. calophylla, 

 Xurz ; Ami. Calc. ii. t. 2. Tenasserim. L. broadly ovate, npperside rough with short 

 white bristles on minute tubercles, underside softly tomentose. 



B. Fr. tubercled, stipules amplexicau.!, annular scars on branchlets. 



4. A. integrifolia, Linn. ; Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 250 ; Wight Ic. t. 678. TJie 

 Jack free. Vern. Kanthal, Katliar^ Hind. ; Fhannas Mar. ; Panasa^ Tel. ; 

 Halasu^ Kan. ; Pllla. Tarn; Peinndj Burm. 



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 in. long, stipules large, early 

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

 cj stout cylindric, 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 G-hats up to 4,000 ft., wild (Beddome, Gfamble). 

 In Burma I have often found it in large and dense forests, but only in the vicinity of 

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

 Fl. 0. S. 5. A. peduncularis, Kurz 5 Ann. Gale. ii. t. 6. Nicobars. — Perak. L. with a 

 rounded base, ii.-heads 6 and ? cylindric, erect, on peduncles 2J~4J in. long. Fr. much 

 smaller than 1. 



6. A. Chaplasha, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 682 ; Ann. Calc. ii. t. 12. Vern. 

 Lutta^ Nep. ; Ohaplash, Ghaplis^ Beng. ; Taung peinnd, Burm. 



A large deciduous tree, young shoots and stipules densely clothed 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 <J and ? globose, peduncles l|-2 in. long. Fr. 

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



Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges from Nepal eastwards. Khasi hills. Oaohar. 

 Ohittagong. Andamans. Lower Burma. Fl. March, April. 7. A incisa, Linn. f. 

 The Breadfruit tree, Native of the South Sea islands, introduced into most tropical 

 countries. Cultivated on tbe westetn coast and in Burma. L. deeply pinnatifid, 

 1-3 ft. long, (? in club-shaped spikes. 



