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1.27 IS of the stem of the monocotyledon<br />

<strong>Zea</strong> <strong>mays</strong> (maize).<br />

Numerous scattered collateral<br />

vascular bundles lie in p::aren'<br />

chymawus ground tissue and in<br />

each the phloem (I) is situated<br />

nearest to the epidermis (2). Vascular<br />

cambium is absent between<br />

the xylem (3) and phloem (ef.,<br />

t.t 1). (LM x 85.)<br />

I Phloem<br />

2 Epidenms<br />

3 Xylem<br />

1.28 TS through the young stem of [he dieoryledon<br />

HeJiDnthus (sunflower). The collareral vascul::ar bundles lie<br />

in a peripheral cylinder with an extensh'e pith (I) siruated<br />

intem::ally and narrow cortex (2) lying externall)·. Each<br />

bundle is demarcated on the outside by a cap of phloem<br />

fibres (3) and a prominem fascicular vascular cambium (4)<br />

separates the xylem (5) from the phloem (6); but no<br />

interfascicular cambium has yet differenriatcd in the<br />

parenchyma between the bundles. (LM x 30.)<br />

1 Pith<br />

2 Correx<br />

3 Phlocm fibres<br />

4 Fas

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