46 VARIOUS FOOD-PLANTS 
Fic. 34.—Coconut (Cocos nuci- 
fs fera, Palm Family, Pal- 
ine A) we macee). Plants in fruit 
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“ESS NB _ KS showing general form. 
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pn ESS LS trunk rises to a height of 
We NE Se 20-30 m. and bears bright 
CaS igi green leaves 6-7 m. long. 
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Fic. 35.—Coconut. <A, fruit, show- 
ing husk cut vertically through the 
center, revealing the hard shell of 
the nut. 8B, nut viewed from be- 
low, showing thelines (a, a, a) along 
which the three pistils are united; 
and between them the three germ- 
pores from the lower one of which 
ordinarily the single germ emerges 
in sprouting. C, lengthwise sec- 
tion through the fruit sprouting; 
notice the thick husk into and 
through which the young roots grow, the hard shell of the nut (shown 
black) within which is the layer of solid seed food (coarsely dotted), 
and the liquid food or ‘‘milk’’ (white) into which the enlarging cotyle- 
don or ‘‘seed-leaf’’ (finely dotted) pushes its way and acts as an organ 
of absorption. (Warming.)—The husk is smooth and grayish brown, 
and is largely composed of coarse, tough fibers. 
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