CUBEBA. CUBEBS. 



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Those of the inner row, i. e., just outside of the seed coat, 

 are the largest. These are usually oblong; sometimes 

 three times as long as broad, and measure in the longest 

 diameter from 50 to 7 5 microns. The smaller stone cells of 

 the hypodermis average 25 to 35 microns. All of the 



Fig. 65. — CuBEBS in Powder. 

 Ep, Epidermis from upper surf ace ; St. stone cells of the pericarp; 

 P, parenchyma of pericarp with stone cells; Tr, tracheid-like stone 

 cells of the stems; V and Sv, vessel of pericarp and of the stem; O, 

 parenchyma with oil cells and oil globules; Pr, parenchyma of the 

 seed; C, crystal-like bodies of fat or cubebin. 



Stone cells are richly pored and many are brownish in 

 color. The oil globules are very numerous throughout the 

 entire powder. They are usually lying free, though 

 occasionally not disturbed from the glands, which 

 average 75 to 120 microns in diameter. 



The starch grains are found, well formed, only in the 



