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FIG. 206. Anise: A, transverse section of cremocarp showing carpophore (cp), 

 wide vittse (6/) on ventral (commissural) surface and smaller vittse (o, ok) 

 between the ribs on the dorsal surface, fibrovascular bundles of ribs (Gb), 

 sclerenchymatous fibers (sk), an air cavity in the wall of the pericarp on the 

 ventral side (h), raphe tissue (R) with fibrovascular bundle (r), seed-coat 

 (So) and endosperm (Ed). B, inner epidermis of pericarp. C, epidermis of 

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

 containing 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, sclerenchymatous cells of the inner epidermis of the pericarp in the neigh- 

 borhood of the carpophore. F, transverse section of pericarp and seed-coat 

 showing epidermal cells (E) and a non-glandular hair having thick lamellated 

 walls (h), parenchyma (p), a vitta (o), inner epidermis (Ei) and seed-coat 

 (So). After Meyer. 



