THE YOUNG COCONUT’S *“*“WET NURSE” 
Sprouted coconut with husk removed, showing a moderately advanced stage of germina- 
tion. The cotyledon has swelled and its surface is covered with narrow, regular 
wrinkles. This surface takes up the ‘‘milk’”’ of the nut and supplies it to the 
young plant above; and also digests the soft layer of ‘‘meat’’ or endosperm. 
Natural size. (Fig. 4.) 
