TABLE 9 (continued) 



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) 



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 



D. dolichostemon 



13 i 



( 48. 3.63) 



58.3 1 



[ 28, 48) 



D. glohosum 



13 I 



( 93. 7.27) 



46.21 



( 43, 93) 



D. grandifolium 



12 I 



( 55,4.66) 



58.21 



( 32, 55) 



D. harlingii 



4.3 1 



( 23.5.31) 



100 t 



( 36, 36) 



D. macrophyllum 



27 | 



[111.4.12) 



36.0 ( 



( 40, 1 1 1 ) 



D. mirabi/e 



5.7 | 



(31. 5.46) 



71.01 



( 22. 31) 



D. sp. nov. aff. D. 

 nanum 



9.5 I 



( 89.9.05) 



96.6 ( 



( 86, 89) 



D. rheithrophilum 



24 | 



! 153, 6.37) 



56.2 ( 



( 86. 153) 



D. schultesii 



20 I 



( 99.4.91) 



59.6 1 



( 59, 99) 



D. wallisii 



19 < 



! 139, 7.49) 



64.7 ( 



( 90, 139) 



D. sp. nov. (coll. A) 



8.0 ( 



[ 79,9.83) 



50.6 ( 



: 40, 79) 



D. sp. nov. (coll. B) 



17 < 



; 132, 7.59) 



44.7 ( 



( 59, 132) 



E. funifer 



46 I 



; 154, 3.39) 



56.1 ( 



; 83. 148) 



L. bierhorstii 



13 ( 



I 67.5.25) 



82.1 ( 



: 55, 67) 



L. integrifolia 



29 ( 



; 10 1,3.47) 



53.5 ( 



( 54, 101) 



L. lane if alia 



75 ( 



!482, 6.41) 



57.1 ( 



275. 482) 



Sch. chorianthum 



24 ( 



110,4.62) 



64.9 ( 



: 72, no 



Sph. acutitepala 



56 I 



(333, 5.91) 



50.5 1 



(168,333) 



Sph. crocea 



27 I 



(276, 10.2) 



56.5 1 



(156, 276) 



Sph. killipii 



73 1 



(456, 6.25) 



50.2 1 



(229, 456) 



Sph. snidernii 



30 I 



(171, 5.65) 



53.8 ( 



( 92, 171) 



Sph. woodsonii 



108 1 



(209, 1.93) 



58.9( 



(123,209) 



Sph. sp. nov. aff. 

 Sph. woodsonii 



49 | 



(308, 6.26) 



66.2( 



204, 308) 



Sph. sp. nov. 



30 I 



; 188, 6.27) 



41.0 ( 



( 77, 188) 



5"/. anomala 



41 1 



(185,4.48) 



60.0 ( 



(III, 185) 



St. stvlaris 



* 



38 1 



(397, 10.4) 



56.2 ( 



(223, 397) 



T. bissect us 



86 ( 



(684, 7.95) 



56.5 ( 



375. 664) 



121 



