266 Winton— Anatomy of the Fruit of Cocos nucifera. 



Fig. 2. Half grown cocoa- 

 nut fruit with calyx, and axis 

 from which the male flowers 

 have fallen, x i. 



Fig. 1 . Inflorescence of the cocoanut show- 

 ing spathe inclosing the spikes, each with 

 numerous male flowers above and a single 

 female flower near the base, x A. 



Fig. 4. Inner surface of 

 a cocoanut shell with adher- 

 ing outer testa. At the left 

 the raphe, from which pro- 

 ceed veins forming a net- 

 work over the surface, x A. 



