[2664] “Venæ.” By this term he probably means the nutritive vessels and the ligneous fibres united. It was anciently the general belief that the fibres acted their part in the nutriment of the tree.
[2665] “Graphium.” Properly a stylus or iron pen.
[2666] “Glandia.” This analogy, Fée remarks, does not hold good.
[2667] See B. xiii. c. [29], and c. [27] of this Book.
[2668] And at an angle with the grain or fibre of the wood.
[2669] And at right angles. In the Dicotyledons, the disposition of the fibres is longitudinal and transversal.
[2670] Guttum.
[2671] For the simple reason, because the part near the root is of greater diameter.
[2672] Soft ligneous layers.