6 BOTANICAL 



fertile lobe bi-antheriferous ; anthers bilocular. Style 

 5-fid. Fruit baccate, 5-celled ; cells pulpy, poly- 

 spermous. Embryo exalbuminous ; cotyledons fleshy, 

 corrugate. Trees ; leaves entire ; pedicels fascicled or 

 solitary, lateral. 



" DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES T. cacao, Linnaeus. 



" T. cacao, L. Leaves oblong, acuminate, glabrous, 

 quite entire ; flowers fascicled ; pericarp ovoid, oblong, 

 10-cosiate. Calyx rose-coloured, segments lanceolate, 

 acuminate, exceeding the yellowish corolla ; pericarp 

 yellow or reddish, leathery, 6 to 8 in. long." (Grisebach.) 



DESCRIPTION OF T. pentagona, Bernoulli. 



Habit similar to T. cacao, young shoots and petioles 

 very tomantose, hairs white or reddish. Leaves 18 to 

 25 cm. (7 to 10 in.) long by 7 to 9 cm. (2| to 3J in.) broad, 

 glabrous, of the same shape as T. cacao but of a dark 

 green colour, much more papery, convex, at the sides 

 more or less incurved downwards, often crisped and 

 serrulate-dentate at the extremity. 



Flowers rarely isolated or in pairs, but generally 

 grouped in bunches of six to fifteen flowers, each borne 

 upon a pedicel inserted directly upon the trunk. Pedicels 

 and flower-buds green, not rosy. 



The fruit has distinctly raised, acute-angled ribs on 

 the surface, between which lies a warted surface. The 

 outer coat is soft and easily penetrated, and when ripe 

 is readily broken. Generally yellow in colour, but 

 sometimes tinged with red. Cured beans have a fine 

 flavour, and are generally larger than beans of T. cacao. 



DESCRIPTION OF T . sphcerocarpa, A. Chevalier. 



Habit more compact than T. cacao. Leaves dark 

 green, broad and parchment-like, generally measuring 

 from 20 to 25 cm. (8 to 10 in.) long by 9 to 11 cm. (3J 

 to 4J in.) broad, with a short and broad point. Flowers 

 almost always isolated, produced not only upon the 

 trunk and principal branches, but sometimes also upon 

 the youngest branches. Young fruits of a dark green 

 colour, often tinted with red and almost spherical, 



