BOTAMCAL GAZETTE 



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The inner rings of bundles are approximately the same size. 

 This does not differ from the majority of the species of Piper. 



Fig. ii. — Detail of a double bundle with phloem on the outside and lignified tissue 

 at the side; X820. ' 



Between the pith and the peripheral ring of bundles in the young 

 stem is a continuous band of parenchyma, 4-6 rows thick, which 



