Table I. Estimation of ploidy and nuclear and cell size in the EBC from leaves, stems, and flower buds.

Tissue	Treatment	Mean Nuclear Area	Nuclear Volume	No.	Estimated Ploidy from Fluorescence Microscopy	Flow Cytometry Size Estimate of Ploidy	Bladder Cell Area
		µm2	µm3				µm2
Bract leaf lower epidermis EBC	Water	925 ± 79	117,842	21	1,024C	128C	28,577 ± 629
	Salt	1,815 ± 33	323,894	133	2,048C	256C	36,818 ± 861
Bract leaf upper epidermis EBC	Water	956 ± 52	123,816	20	1,024C	128C	18,641 ± 342
	Salt	978 ± 19	128,114	162	1,024C	128C	21,128 ± 454
Flower bud EBC	Water	1,230 ± 87	180,695	25	1,024C	128C	433,456 ± 15,707
	Salt	9,406 ± 154	3,821,167	35	32,768C	65,536C	2,208,355 ± 99,677
Stem EBC	Water	1,238 ± 46	182,461	26	1,024C	128C	42,111 ± 884
	Salt	6,586 ± 105	2,238,830	28	8,192C	2,048C	62,677 ± 1,969