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Fracture through the Siliqua of Cardamine hirsuta L.

The plant Cardamine has a type of fruit called a siliqua which is in two parts. At dehiscence, these structures spit apart to expel the seeds. The micrograph illustrates the tip of the siliqua which has been fractured open. The capels are separated by a thin membrane, or replum (r) either side of which sit a seed (s).

Bar = 100um, inset 25um