558 PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
hermaphrodite; sepals five, sometimes surrounded by bracteoles 
forming an epicalyx; petals usually five; stamens typically five, 
hypogynous, opposite petals, distinct or slightly fused in mon- 
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Fic. 423.—Theobroma Cacas, the Chocolate plant. 1. Trunk and branches 
bearing fruit. 2. Branch bearing flowers. 3. Single flower. 4. Staminal ring. 
5. Stamen. (After Strasburger, Noll, Schenck and Schimper.) 
adelphous fashion (Melochia, Waltheria) or, stamens subdivided 
above into few or numerous staminal leaflets, anthers two-celled; 
pistil many- to ten- to five- or four-carpelled; carpels apocarpous 
or more usually partially or completely united. Fruit either 
