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3.Flower Pharmacognosy-2 (PG303)

Spike inflorescence.

4.Fruit Inflated capsule. Dorsiventral Dorsi
(Porous capsule) The epidermal: showing layere
Microscopical - Dorsiventral few diacytic stomata
Character containing rod-shaped crystals Squar
of fat. Square in outline. Epide
1.Leaves - Midrib has a central large Epidermis: diacytic tricho
collateral vascular bundle, stomata and scattered Corte
2.Stem which shows laticiferous trichomes. consis
vessels in the phloem. Cortex: parenchymatous fibers
- Angular, winged in outline. with four patches of
- Epidermis anomocytic collenchyma in the ridges.
stomata and numerous Endodermis
trichomes. Pericycle
-Cortex: chlorenchyma, Pith: (lignified).
(collenchyma is present in
wing region)
-Endodermis
-Pericycle
-Pith: hollow