THE ANGIOSPERMAE 



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Fig. 1400. — Citrus aurantium. Orange. Transverse section 

 of a young hesperidium fruit. The pulpy hairs are just 

 beginning to develop. 



Fig. 140 1.— C0C05 micifera. Coconut. Left: the complete fruit with leathery epicarp. 

 Right : the fruit opened to show the fibrous mesocarp surrounding the woody endocarp 

 which IS the " nut " as commonly understood. 



