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Fig. 13 gives a schematic view of a transverse section. There are 3-5 

 furrows in the stem, and beneath these furrows there are zones of smaller- 

 celled tissue in which the cells are closely packed together and contain small 

 chloroplasts, especially at the corners (see fig. 14). 



Fig. 13. — Notothlaspi australe. Diagrammatic view of a transverse section of the 

 stem ( X 20). a, phloem ; b, xylem ; c, small-celled tissue beneath 

 furrows. 



Fig. 14. — Notothlas-pi australe. Transverse section of cortex below furrow ( X 90). 



Fig. 15. — Notothlaspi australe. Transverse section of stem ( X 90). a, chlo- 

 renchyma ; b, aqueous tissue ; c, phloem ; d, xylem. 



9. Weinmannia racemosa Linn. 

 Usual Growth-form— " A tree 50-80 ft. high 



f. 



or more, with a trunk 

 1-4 ft. diam. ; glabrous when mature, except the raceme, which is pubescent. 

 Leaves of young plants pinnately 3-5-foliolate, thin and membranous, often 

 pubescent ; of mature plants 1-foliolate, 1-4 in. long, oblong-lanceolate or 

 oblong-ovate to orbicular-ovate, obtuse or subacute, coarsely and obtusely 

 serrate, very coriaceous, quite glabrous." 



Mineral Belt Growth-form. — A shrub 4-8 ft. high. 



