THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 

 THE HISTOLOGY OF SAW=PALMETTO. 



By W. H. BASTEDO, Ph.G. 



L1BRAR 

 NEW YO 

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Illustrations of "The Pharmacology of Saw-Palmetto." July Number of the Alumni Journal.— Botany and 

 Materia Medica by H. H. R.USBY, M. D. — Pharmacy by Virgil Coblentz, Ph. G — Histology by W. H. Bastedo. Ph.G. 







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EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 



A. Transverse section through whole fruit at embryo; a. epicarp ; b. mesccarp ; c. endo- 

 carp ; d. seed coat ; e. embryo ; r. raphe. 



B. Transverse section of epicarp ; ,y.=ext. cuticular sheath. 



C. External cuticular sheath much enlarged. 



D. Transverse section of mesocarp, showing fibro vascular bundle/^ and crystal layer /. 



