Lily carpel. Light micrograph of a cross-section through a lily flower carpel (Lilium sp.), showing a placenta (green, centre) housing an ovule (white

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Lily carpel. Light micrograph of a cross-section through a lily flower carpel (Lilium sp.), showing a placenta (green, centre) housing an ovule (white oval). The ovule consists of two outer layers of cells (integuments) surrounding the embryo sac (white), which houses the ovum, or female sex cell (blue). Magnification: x100 when printed 10 centimetres wide.

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Photo credit: © DR KEITH WHEELER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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