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Fic. 32.—Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa, Myrtle Family, Myrtaceae). 
A, flower-cluster and leaf. B, expanding flower-bud viewed from below 
showing the under side of the two sepals. C, the same from above, 
showing upper side of sepals, and the six petals. D, the numerous 
stamens united by their filaments into a hoodlike body. £, upper part 
of a stamen enlarged. F, ovary cut across, to show the four cavities 
containing ovules. G, a single one of these cavities cut into lengthwise, 
giving a side view of the ovules, enlarged. A, fruit, with the upper 
part of its thick spherical wall removed to show the seeds within, 
packed about a central spindle. A part of the outer, softer layer of the 
wall is torn away in front, showing the channelled surface of the very 
hard inner layer. J, the central spindle. K, a nut in side view. L, the 
