Scanning micrographs of the fruit surface.
(A) Papillae on pericarp surface of Chenopodium giganteum (200x); (B) Papillae on pericarp surface of Chenopodium nevadense (250x); (C) Papillae on pericarp of dry (not soaked) fruits of Oxybasis urbica (200x); (D) Papillae on pericarp of O. urbica after standart sample preparation (200x); (E) Tiny papillae on pericarp of Chenopodiastrum hybridum (500x); (F) Mamillate pericarp ultrasculpture of Blitum californicum (200x); (G) Striate pericarp ultrasculpture of Oxybasis glauca (50x); (H) Fruit of Chenopodium nesodendron enclosed by perianth. Stylodia fallen off; swelling is seen at the apex of the fruit (50x).
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