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6.7<br />

6.7 5hool of the monocotyledon &melc showing irs green<br />

leaf-like phyllocfades. These represent flattened shoots of<br />

limircdfTOwth which :lre de\'doped from buds borne: in the:<br />

axils 0 SC:l!e leaves siruated on the stt'IllS (J) which are<br />

cvlindrical.<br />

122<br />

Main stcm<br />

6.8 TS of the Slem of the: dicotyledon UJslIurillu. The<br />

s(cm of this nitrogen-fixing plam bears only scale: lc:ave:I<br />

and the phmos}'nthcdc function of rhe plam is assumed by<br />

the xcromorphic stem. This shows halr-lined grooves (1) in<br />

which stom:lfa occur, and chlorenchyrna (1) 31 the: margins<br />

of the grooves. The epidermiS has a rhi,k I:utidc: and traCTS<br />

of sclerenchyma fibres (3) occur both bypodcrrnally and<br />

internally. Kale the ring of vascular hundles (4). (LM x<br />

115.)<br />

1 Hm·lincd grooves<br />

2 Chlorcnchyma<br />

3 Sclerem;hyma fibres<br />

4 V:lSclllar bundles<br />

6.9 Several large sjl

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