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endocarp, or a drupe (Cocoanut) with leathery epicarp, broadly 
fibrous mesocarp and stony endocarp, or a berry as in the Date 
ba 
Fic. 363.—Cocoanut Palm (Cocos nucifera). Note pinnate leaf-blades. (From 
Bull. Agricole du Congo Belge. 1910.) 
Palm, Phoenix, with membranous epicarp, succulent mesocarp 
and soft succulent endocarp. The seeds are albuminous with 
