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115. GERANIUM. — Dark brown; starch grains somewhat 

 ellipsoidal or ovoid, 10 to 15 /a in diameter; rosette aggregates of 

 calcium oxalate, 45 to 70 /* in diameter ; tracheae annular or scalari- 

 form ; parenchyma with irregular tannin masses. 



116. RHEUM.— (See No. 49.) 



Fig. 303. Belladonna root: S, parenchyma cells containing starch; CA, cells con- 

 taining cryptocrystalline crystals of calcium oxalate; K, cork; T, fragments of tracheas 

 with annular markings or simple pores; P, parenchyma; F, wood fibers with narrow 

 oblique pores. 



** Without Tannin. 



117. BELLADONNA RADIX.— Light brown (Figs. 281, 

 D; 303); calcium oxalate in cryptocrystalline crystals; tracheae 

 few, scalariform or with simple pores ; sclerenchymatous fibers 

 relatively few; starch grains numerous, spherical, 5 to 15 fj, in 

 diameter (Fig. 200). Scopola closely resembles belladonna root. 



