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tte capsule intact they will require years, or may 

 never be heard of again. Plant established seed- 

 lings at 30 feet apart. The larger the pits can be 

 made, the better. 



83 Theobroma cacao, Linn. 



The cocoa or chocolate tree. Indigenous to tropi- 

 cal America. Cultivated in the Lal-Bagh, and 

 sparsely grown in some of the coffee districts. A 

 small evergreen tree with small clusters of pinkish 

 flowers given forth from the trunk and limbs. The 

 flowers are succeeded by ovate-angular fruits 9x4 

 in., yellow to chocolate in colour. When in fruit, 

 the tree is a striking object. The seeds, of 

 which each capsule (fruit) contains 26 — 35, each 

 the size of a small marble, afford the material for 

 cocoa and chocolate. This important species suc- 

 ceeds best when under the influence of sea breezes. 

 It has been largely propagated in and widely dis- 

 seminated from the Bangalore Botanical G-ardens. 



84 Cola acuminata. 



The Kola-Nut tree of "West Africa. This econo- 

 mic species has recently been introduced. 



XI. TILIACE^. 



85 Berrya Ammonilla, IIoxb. 



m^.-Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 58; Wight III. t. 34. 



References.— JPZ. of Brit. Ind.; Diet, of JEcon. 



Frqd. of Ind. 



A, deciduous tree ,of medium size. Cultivated 



in the Lal-Bagh, where it grows very; slowly. The 



' flowers appear with the you^g leayes in May or June, 



in ample terminal paAioles, pinkish,-white. The 



six- winged capsule is characteristic, and the pilose 



seeds cause intolerable itching when much handled. 



Heartwood dark red, hard, sweaty, and durable. 



"Weight 50 to 62 lb. per cubic foot. Commands a 



