STKUCTURI-: OF TIIH KALO PLANT. 



LdiiKitiHliii.-il iiiciliitii section, sliowing Junctiiic of iictinlcs willi ciiiiii. 

 Ill tlic conn note: tlic white, stHrch-contJiiniii^f tissue tliat i'oniis tlie bulk 

 of the conn; the nuinerous hitex-tubes, wiiich form a e()ns|)ieuouH hiticif- 

 erous tissue, nuiiifyiii}; all parts of the conn; the thin, corky hark, tlie outer- 

 most layers of which become stringy or fibrous. Note the pithy interior of 

 the petioles, and the central bud, of which iiu embryonic leaf is visible. 

 'J'liis kalo is I'i'idli'i uhiula. 



