ITS NATURAL HISTORY. 



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FLOWERS, FRUIT, AND SEEDS OF THEOBROMA. 

 From an old engraving. 



likely that among the numerous varieties of Theobroma Cacao 

 now cultivated there may be some hybrids between the different 

 forms. 



The plant belongs to the Sterculiaceae, a natural order con- 

 taining forty-one genera and five hundred and twenty species. 

 The general habit of the tree is well shown in the engraving. 



