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PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY<br />

Fig. io.—Stages in the development of the elements of the xylem. A, progres-<br />

of procambial or cambial<br />

sive steps in the develbpnient of a' tracheal tube, i , Row<br />

cells that are to take part in the fbrma,tion of a tube; 2, the same at a later stage<br />

enlarged in all dimensions; 3, the cells in 2 have grown larger, their cfoss^walls<br />

have been dissolved out, and' the wall' lias become' thickened and pitted; 4, the<br />

walls in 3 have becorhe more thickened, the pits have an overhanging border, the<br />

walls have become lignified as indicated by the stippling, and finally the protoplasts<br />

have disappeared, and the lube is mature and dead. B, Stages in the formation<br />

of tracheids from procamblaJ or cambial cells. The steps are the same as in j4 ,<br />

excepting that the cross-walls,'remaiii and become pitted. C, steps in the development<br />

of wood fibers from caJnbial cells, x, Cambial cells; 2, the same growth<br />

larger in all dimensions with cells shoving past each other as they elongate; 3, a

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