FRUITS. 



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PLATE L XVIII. 



FIG. 78. Powdered Fennel Fruit (x 240). 



alb, Endosperm. 



os, Vitta. 



end, Inner epidermis of pericarp. 



fp, Fibres from the fibre-vascular bundles. 



m, cells of mesocarp. 



sp, Spiral and reticulate cells. 



s'p', The same isolated, some intact, others broken. 



te, Seed-coat. 



tr, Tracheids from the bundles in the mesocarp. 



v, Vessels, etc., from the carpophore and pedicel of the fruit. 



