Contr. Nat. Herb., Vol. 14. 



Plate 59. 



Fig. 1.— Germinating Coconut. 



The young plant shows one bladeless leaf sheath and one 

 simple, deeply divided leaf. (Reduced.) 



Fig. 2.— Cross Section of Coconut Germinating Inside the Husk. 



From Prudhomme, Le Cocotier, fig. 31, p. 105 (Paris, 1906). (Reduced.) 



