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F'iG. 5. Germinating cocoanut at the end of a year, showing plumule and roots, 

 with husk little altered except where it was in contact with the earth. 



usually removed before the nut appears upon the market, is a 

 thick fibrous layer comprising the exocarp, the epicarp consist- 

 ing of a smooth, thin, tough coat of a brownish or grayish color. 

 (See pp. 323 and 324). The endocarp, or what is commonly known 

 as the shell of the nut, is composed of three carpels whose lines 

 of fusion are always apparent. The nut lies in the husk with the 

 end containing the " eyes " toward the pedicel. Each carpel con- 

 tains an " eye," so-called, and under one of these three eyes, the 



