Fig. 32.—Transverse section of a portion of the stem of Panicum ramosum. × 75
1. Epidermis; 2. sclerenchyma; 3. vascular bundle.
Fig. 33.—Transverse section of the stem of Andropogon caricosus. × 25
The stem of Panicum ramosum is semi-circular and somewhat flat on one side. The epidermal cells alone are thickened. There is a broad well developed continuous band of sclerenchyma, which is connected at regular intervals with the epidermis by small vascular bundles. Another row of vascular bundles lies just inside the sclerenchymatous ring and each of these bundles is in contact with the band. Away from the ring lie a number of bundles forming a series disposed in two irregular rings around a broad portion of the ground tissue. (See figs. 31 and 32.)
Fig. 34.—Transverse section of a portion of the stem of Andropogon caricosus. × 75
1. Epidermis; 2. sclerenchyma; 3. vascular bundle.