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PLANTS AND INSECTS 
2, a food-lobe; 3, the ebony-black seed. You will notice now the high 
ridge (4) that separates the compartments (5) where the lobes have lain. 
It takes half of two different divisions of the husk to form one com¬ 
partment. This makes it all the more flower-like in appearance. It also 
brings the lobes into the air more quickly, which, no doubt, has some¬ 
thing to do with their purification when the pod opens. For it is when 
the pod opens that the ackee becomes safe to eat., 
The food-lobes are of a peculiar flesh-like texture and color. Before 
being cooked, they must be carefully freed from any little shreds of the 
pink lining that still clings to them. The seeds also must be taken away. 
