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THE VASCULAR TISSUES AND TRANSPIRATION. 



their transpiring leaves. In very many lianes the cavities of the conducting vessels 

 can be plainly seen with the naked eye. This is the case, for example, in the cross- 

 section of the liane represented in natural size in fig. 95 ^. A diameter of J mm. is 



Fijj. 95. — LIunes. 



I Portion of tne stem of a tropical Ariatolochia, • Cross section of a Itane-Uke ArUtolochia. s ilcnispcnnxim CaroUnianuin. 

 * Cross section of the twining stem of Meniwermum (magnified). « Portion of a liane (probably an AscUpiad) gathered in 

 a tropical forest ; uat. size. 



not at all rare in passion-flowers and aristolochias, and, generali}' speaking, in most 

 twining and climbing plants; whilst in many lianes the conducting tubes have 

 even been observed to be 0'7 mm. in diameter. 



