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COCOA 



CHAP. 



The ovary of the cocoa flower is a " superior " one, 

 and bears one pistil (pi in Figs. 14, 15, A, and 15, C), 

 with five indistinct stigmas (sti in Fig. 15, C). These 

 are always more or less grown together ; sometimes 



FIG. 14. A, Flower of the cocoa plant (enlarged 6| times). 



s, sepals. 



p, petals. 



sta, stamina. 



sto, staminodes. 

 pi, pistil. 



B, Foot of the flower-stalk, bearing small scales (enlarged 12 times). 



they remain all together and form only one blunt 

 column, sometimes a few of them grow free from the 

 others. 



Shortly after the flower has opened, the anthers 



