TABLE 7 



SPECIES WITH THREE MAIN REGIONS OF MESOPHYLL 

 (ALL UNLISTED SPECIES HAVE TWO REGIONS). 



A. cabrerae 



A. cayapensis 



A. gamotepa/a 



A. moritziana 



A. aff. A. moritziana 



A. pycnantha 



A. sp. nov. aff. A. rhodea 



A. tetragona 



A. aff. A. vaupesiana (coll. A) 



Cy. bipartitus 



E. funifer 



L. lancifolia 



Sph. snidernii 



Sph. sp. nov. aff. Sph. woodsonii 



St. stylaris 



T. bissectus 



TABLE 9 



Data pertaining to fiber strands of the mesophyll 



Species 



No. of fiber strands/ mm 



width of interridge area 



(in parentheses are indicated 



no. of strands counted and 



width of portion(s) of 

 lamina considered in mm, 



respectively) 



A. aff. A. antioquiae 

 (coll. A) 



A. aff. A. antioquiae 

 (coll. B) 



A. cabrerae 

 A. cayapensis 



29 (189,6.64) 



28 (203, 7.24) 

 83 (224, 2.72) 

 49 (119,2.45) 



Percentage of fiber strands 



on adaxial half of interridge 



area (in parentheses are 



indicated no. of strands 



counted on adaxial and 



both sides of lamina, 



respectively 



55.0(104, 189) 



64.5(131,203) 

 60.3(135,224) 

 59. 7( 71, 119) 



119 



