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chocolate tree, Theobroma Cacao, a native of tropical America, 

 and a member of the Sterculiaceae. This is extensively cultivated 

 in many tropical countries. The flowers and fruit are borne on the 

 trunk and at the base of the branches. The mature fruit is six 



yield from fifty to seventy-five seeds. These are the chocolate 



beans of commerce, from which are derived chocolate and cocoa. 



Opposite to the chocolate trees is the group of the aroid 



family, Araceae, referred to when describing house no. 2. The 



worthy object here is the large plant of Veitch's tail- 



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about four and a half feet long and one foot 

 of this plant, with an illustration as it appear 

 be found in the Journal for December, 191 

 " A Remarkable Plant of a South America 

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Across the walk trom the aroid group is a plant of MtdinUla 

 magnified, at home in the Philippines. The pendulous inflores- 

 cence is pink, making the plant very showy when in full bloom. 

 Near this is a small tree which bears its pink flowers in dense 

 pendulous heads ; this is Dombeya Wallichii, from Madagascar, a 

 member of the chocolate-tree family, Sterculiaceae. 



In the same corner will be found the main collection of the ginger 

 family, Zingiberaceae. The most interesting plant here, from an 



Zingiber Zingiber. The ginger is obtained from the roots. Other 

 and more decorative plants are : the striped alpinia, Alpinia 



