. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . oa larger size, than the bread-fruit of the Societyislands; but it is neither so palatable nor so nutri-tious. Though its specific name implies that it isentire-leaved, the leaves of it are sometimes foundIpbed, like those of the other. The fruit often weighsmore than thirty pounds, and contains two hundredor three hundred seeds, each of them four times aslarge as an almond. December is the time whenthe fruit ripens: it is then eaten, though not muchrelished; and the seeds or nuts also are eaten, a
. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . oa larger size, than the bread-fruit of the Societyislands; but it is neither so palatable nor so nutri-tious. Though its specific name implies that it isentire-leaved, the leaves of it are sometimes foundIpbed, like those of the other. The fruit often weighsmore than thirty pounds, and contains two hundredor three hundred seeds, each of them four times aslarge as an almond. December is the time whenthe fruit ripens: it is then eaten, though not muchrelished; and the seeds or nuts also are eaten, afterbeing roasted. There are many varieties of the jaca-tree, some of which can hardly be distinguished fromthe seedling variety of the true bread-fruit. The fruit,and also the part of the tree on which it is produced,varies with the age. When the tree is young, thefruit grows from the twigs ; in middle age, it growsfroni the trunk; and when the tree gets old, it growsfrom the roots. The sort called the Champadak ismore esteemed than the common Jack, or Nangka. 2n 2 408 VEGETABLE Lungan. LiTCHi—Dimocarpus litchi.—Longan—Dhnocarpus longan. These fruits are natives of the south of China,where they are held in the highest have thence been introduced into many parts ofthe East Indies, and to the gardens of the curious insome places of Europe. John Knight, Esq., of LeeCastle, near Kidderminster, presented the Horti-cultural Society with some of the fruit that hadripened in his hot-house in 1816, and it was foundto be as good as that which is produced in litchi was introduced into this country by the cele-brated Warren Hastings, Esq., in 1786: the longanhad been introduced before. The trees on which these fruits are produced havea considerable resemblance to each other,—are, infact, so much alike, that they are distinguished onlyby the flowers of the litchi being without petals, while THE LITCHI. 409 those of the long-an have eig-ht; and
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