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fruit. 
Artocarpus incisa. Order Urticaceae. Native 
of the East Indies and Polynesia. Commonly culti- 
vated everywhere in Jamaica up to 3,500 feet alti- 
tude. A large, handsome tree, much branched, 
with large segmented leaves, and round or oblong 
fruit which is cooked and eaten. The tree has a 
milky sap. The light brown spatha or sheath of 
the blossom is used for fancy work. 
French @otton. 
Calotropis procera. Order Asclepiadeae. Na- 
tive of India and Africa. Naturalized in the West 
Indies and Central America. Plentiful along the 
coast, e.g. at the mouth of the Hope river. This 
shrub is easily distinguished by its large pale green 
leaves, coated with a bloom, pink flowers shaded 
and dotted with purple, and swollen, large pod- 
like green fruits with numerous seeds bearing a tuft 
of white silken hairs — nature’s provision for the 
dispersal of the seeds, which are thereby easily car- 
ried about in a light wind. The hairs are largely 
used for all kinds of fancy work. 
Lichen. 
Order Lichenes. A plant pigmy, remarkable in 
possessing root, stem and leaves combined. Over 
one hundred species were recently collected in one 
locality. Colour, principally shades of red and 
grey. Found in flat patches on trees and stones in 
the hills. 
Mosses. 
Order Musci. Small plants with delicate green- 
ish-grey foliage. To thoroughly appreciate the 
beauty and delicate structure of these plants a 
specimen should be seen under the microscope. 
Several hundred species are found in Jamaica 
clinging to stones, or to trees in the hills ; they, 
u full of pity, cover the scarred ruins with a strange 
and tender honour.”* Much valued for emeries 
and church decorations. 
*Ruskin. 
