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anthersD, The potntal is knobbed at top* When the ftamlna and pe- 
tals faU^rhe empalemsnt refembles a fungus, and is nearly the ihape of 
a Scots bonnet. The fruit is not unlike the bread fruit, but larger and 
rougher on the outfide. 
The jack (choopada). This is diflinguilhed into the choopada ooian, 
and mtik&. The former is fcarce and eLleemed preferable. The leaves 
are fmoorh, pointed, rare. The nanko, or common fort, has roundilh 
leaves, refemhllng thofe of the cafhew tree. In both forts, the fruit 
grows froai the fteui, and is Tery large, weighing fometimes half an 
hundred weight. The outer coat is rough, containing a number of 
feeds or kernels, (which when roafted eat like chcfnuts)^ mclofed in a 
llelhy fubftance, of a rich, and to llrangers^ too ftrong fmell and flavor, 
but which gains upon the tafte* As the fruit ripens, the natives cover it 
with mats or the likc^ to prefer ve it from injury by the birds. Of the 
juice of this tree they make bird lime, and the toot yields a dye ftuiF. 
SoGkoom Cak^d^^e, Two fpecies of the bread fruit tree. The former 
has no kernels, and is the genuine fort. It is propagated by cuttings 
^f the roots* Though pretty common , it Is faid not to be a native of 
the illand, as the calawee certainly is, the bark of which affords the in- 
habitants their cloth. They cut the bread fruit in llices, and eat it 
- boiled or fried, with fugar, efteemimg It much* I have frequently 
tailed of it. 1 he leaves of both forts are deeply indented, like thofe 
of the €g, but confiderably longer. 
BiUimhing* Of this there are two forts, iZ2X{t^joi,rco and heffke. The 
leaves of the latter are fmall and pinnated, of a fap green : thofe of the 
former grow promifcuouflyj and are of a filver green. The fruit of both is 
pentagonal, containing five flattlih feeds, and extremely acid. The 
bloflbm refembles the flower we call London pride. Cheremn. This 
refembles the billunbing bcflee, in having the leaves pointed and pin- 
nated alternate* The fruit is acid, and of a fmall roundilhj irregu- 
