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PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY<br />

panying the tracheae (ducts). The walls of these fibres show oblique<br />

pores. Woody fibres are the supporting elements of the xylem.<br />

Hard Bast is composed of elongated, spindle-shaped, thick-walled<br />

elements called bast fibres. The characteristic thickening of the walls.<br />

Fig. 4.— ^Laticiferous vessels from the cortex of root of Scorozonora hispanica.<br />

A, as seen under low power, and B, a smaller portion under high power. {From<br />

Steiens after Sachs.)<br />

of these fibres is due to deposits of lignin upon the inner surface of the<br />

cellulose cell wall. Like the woody fibres the lumina of these contain<br />

air and the fibre walls are provided with oblique pores. Bast is the<br />

supporting tissue of the phloem.

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