CARAWAY 



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FIG. 207. Caraway: A, transverse section of a mericarp and carpophore (Ft), 

 showing vittae (o, or), primary ribs (r, rr), with fibrovascular bundle (ok), 

 tissue of raphe (/) and endosperm (Ed). B, transverse section through a 

 primary rib showing part of pericarp and seed-coat, outer epidermal cells 

 (E), a small vitta (0), sieve (Si), tracheae (g), around which are thick-walled 

 sclerenchymatous fibers; parenchyma (p, p'), inner epidermis (Ei), outer 

 epidermis of seed-coat (Sa) and collapsed cells (L) of remainder of seed-coat. 

 C, longitudinal section through part of a mericarp showing outer epidermis 

 (E), parenchyma (p, p'), epithelial cells (Ep) and separating wall (Sch) 

 of vittse (Se), inner epidermis of pericarp (Ei) and seed-coat (Sa). D, sur- 

 face view of outer epidermis of fruit showing a single stoma. After Meyer. 



