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Attalea Cohune. 
A Staminate blossoms. C Cluster of unripe nuts. 
B Stem of same. D Transverse section of nut. 
E Longitudinal section of nut. 
in quantity without powerful and expensive machinery. 
Like the coconut, the fruit is normally three-celled. But 
as in that palm two of the cells give up the struggle for 
