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PLATE 65. Fruit Structure. 



A. Transverse Section, Fennel Fruit. 1. Epicarp or epidermis. 2. Fibrovas- 

 cular bundle. 3. Mesocarp parenchyma. 4. Secretion cavity or vitta. 5. Endo- 

 carp layers. 6. Seed coat layers. 7. Endosperm of seed parenchyma. 



B. Powdered Fennel Fruit. 1. Epicarp adherent to dark cells lining vittae. 

 2. Porous parenchyma of mesocarp. 3. Endosperm cells. 4. Parenchyma of 

 mcsocarp. 5. Fibrovascular elements. G. Endocarp cells. 7. Aleurone grains 

 from seed parenchyma. 



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