. American journal of pharmacy . of Texas. It has fruited at some points north of It is re-ported to have been grown in California. Histology of Fruit.—With other cucurbitaceous fruits, that ofthe chayote agrees in the fusion of the receptacular to the carpellaryportions during the developmental Fig. 8. Embryo of Chayota edulis Jacq. Note plumule (p) and inner sur-face of cotyledons (c) which have been spread apart. X 1%3- Receptacular Portion.—This region constitutes by far the greaterportion of the fruit area. In surf ace section (Fig. n) the outer epi-dermal cells are polyg
. American journal of pharmacy . of Texas. It has fruited at some points north of It is re-ported to have been grown in California. Histology of Fruit.—With other cucurbitaceous fruits, that ofthe chayote agrees in the fusion of the receptacular to the carpellaryportions during the developmental Fig. 8. Embryo of Chayota edulis Jacq. Note plumule (p) and inner sur-face of cotyledons (c) which have been spread apart. X 1%3- Receptacular Portion.—This region constitutes by far the greaterportion of the fruit area. In surf ace section (Fig. n) the outer epi-dermal cells are polygonal in outline and richly protoplasmic. Manyof these contain small prisms of calcium oxalate. Scattered all over Fig. 9. Various types of starch grains found in the mesoplwll cells of the this region and interspersed among the regular epidermal cells maybe noted small groups of cells, not unlike the other cells in shape,but having thicker walls and yellowish to light-brown fixed oil con-tents. Stomata are also found in moderate numbers in this region. 3 Circulars and Pamphlets on The Dasheen and Chayote, issued by theU. S. Dept. of Agriculture. L. P. Byars, A Nematode Disease of the Dasheen and its Control byHot Water Treatment, Phytopathology, Vol. 7, No. 1, Janua^, 1917. L. L. Harter, Storage-rots o
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