PLATE I.
TRANSVERSE SECTION OF A YOUNG BRANCH; PRIMARY FORMATIONS.
(See Plate III., Figure 3.)
- Ec., Bark formed of an epidermis Ep., of a parenchyma (pulp) well developed with some oxaliferous cellules C. o. On the section is seen a bundle of libero-ligneous stipulaires F. s.
- F. p., Fibres pericycliques.
- Li., Liber, with oxaliferous cellules C. o.
- B., Wood.
- Mo., Pulpy pith containing cellules of ligneous dotted partitions C. l., and oxaliferous cellules. The cortical and medullary pulp contain in their cellules numberless grains of starch, which are not indicated in this plate.
