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 Plate 52. Coconut palms at Salama, Guatemala Frontispiece. 



53. Fig. 1. — Carved coconut shell. Fig. 2. — Dried cotyledons of coco- 



nuts 288 



54. Fig. 1. — Coconut palms overhanging the surf at high tide, Puerto 



Barrios, Guatemala. Fig. 2. — Coconut palms overhanging the 



sea, Livingston, Guatemala 299 



55. Peach palms (Guilielma speciosa) in Costa Rica 308 



56. Peach Palm (Guilielma speciosa) with fruit and seed 308 



57. The coyol palm (Acrocomia vinifera) 313 



58. Trunk and fruit clusters of the corozo or manaca palm (Attalea 



cohune) 314 



59. Fig. 1. — Germinating coconut. Fig. 2. — Cross section of coconut 



germinating inside the husk 327 



60. Germination of the corozo palm (Attalea cohune) 328 



61. Germination of the coyol palm (Acrocomia vinifera) 328 



62. Flowers and fruit of a young coconut palm, Belize, British Hon- 



duras 330 



63. Fruit clusters of a mature coconut palm, Costa Rica 330 



64. Inflorescence of the coconut palm, with staminate and pistillate 



flowers 330 



65. Fig. 1. — Coconut palm at Cajabon, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Fig. 



2. — Coconut palm near Palmira, Cauca Valley, Colombia 332 



66. Coconut palm at Belize, British Honduras 333 



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