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COCOA 



CHAP. 



Leaves integer (not lobed nor divided), stamina with six 

 anthers (sub-species Bubroma). 



Staminodes awl-shaped : 



Foot-stalk of the leaves 1'5 to 6 



cm. long; leaves reaching a 



length of 25 cm. and a breadth 



of 10 cm. ; fruit large . . T. speciosa, Spreng. 

 Foot-stalk of the leaves short, not 



longer than 1 cm. ; leaves long, 



10-17 cm., and broad, 5 cm. ; 



fruit small 



T. microcarpa, Mart. 



Staminodes petaloid : 

 Staminodes pointed 



Staminodes abruptly pointed . 



Staminodes with a gradually 



diminishing point, curled 

 Staminodes blunt 



Fruit with five sides, very warty, 

 irregularly lobate, leaves 

 wedge-shaped at the base . 



Fruit when ripe without marked 

 sides, smooth ; leaves round 

 or slightly heart-shaped at 

 the base 



T. grandiflora, 

 Schum. 



K. 



T. subincana, Mart. 



T. angustifolia, D. C. 



T. simiarum, Donn.- 

 Smith. 



In addition the following four very imperfectly 

 known species may be mentioned : Theobroma glauca, 

 Karsten (which perhaps may be the same as T. subincana 

 above mentioned), T. sylvestris, Mart., T. Martii, K. 

 Schum., and T. alba, Bern. 



THE Two CULTIVATED SPECIES 



Theobroma cacao, L. 



General appearance. The cocoa tree never grows 

 very high. In three years it reaches, generally speaking, 

 a height of from 6 to 10 feet, and in ten or twelve 

 years, when full grown, a height of about 13 to 23 feet. 

 In the alluvial zone of Surinam, along the sea-coast, on 

 heavy clay soil, the trees seldom grow higher than 20 



