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Fig. 244. Anise: A, transverse section of cremoc:;rp showing carpophore (cp). wide 

 vittae (of) on ventral (commissural) surface and smaller vittae (6, ok) between the ribs on 

 the dorsal surface, fibrovascular bundles of ribs (Gb), sclerenchyma fibers (sk), an air 

 cavity in the wall of the pericarp on the ventral side (h), raphe tissue (R) with fibrovas- 

 cular bundle (r), seed-coat (Sa) and endosperm (Ed). B, inner epidermis of pericarp. 

 C, epidermis of seed-coat. D, cell of endosperm showing a number of aleurone grains con- 

 taining small rosette aggregates of calcium oxalate, a large nucleus in the center of the 

 cell, and a few isolated aggregates of calcium oxalate (d). E, sclerenchyma cells of the inner 

 epidermis of the pericarp in the neighborhood of the carpophore. F, transverse section of 

 pericarp and seed-coat showing epidermal cells (E) and a non-glandular hair with thick, 

 cutinized walls (h), parenchyma (p), a vitta (6), inner epidermis (Ei) and seed-coat (Sa). 

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