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and some of the West Indian Islands, belongs to this 

 family. Cocoa and Chocolate are prepared from the seeds, 

 which are roasted, ground, and usually mixed with sugar, 

 arrowroot, and spices. The seeds are closely packed in a 

 capsule four to six inches long by two or three inches in 

 diameter. 



20. Natural Order, Tiliacece.- -H:\iQ Jute and Lime-tree 

 Family. 



Trees, shrubs, or herbs, usually with alternate, simple 

 leaves, valvate calyx, and indefinite free stamens. 



Type — Common Jute [Corchorus capsular is). 



A smooth, annual herb, rather woody below, with alter- 

 nate, simple leaves, and axillary fascicles of small, yellow, 

 regular flowers. 



Observe the tough fibrous liber of the bark, used to 

 make " gunny " bags. Compare the fruit, a roundish cap- 

 sule, with the siliquaeform capsule of Corchorus olitorius, in 

 which the seeds are separated from each other by transverse 

 partitions: also with the indehiscent, drupe-like, often lobed 

 fruit of the Grewias, and the bristly capsule of the Trium- 

 fettas. Corchorus olitorius is used as a pot-herb. 



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