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In the xylem portion of the bundle from the midrib of a forked 

 pinna of Cycas Micholitzii shown in fig. 400 the centrifugal xylem 

 elements are unusually numerous : the space between the two 

 xylems is occupied by parenchyma and the whole strand is enclosed 

 by a sheath of crystal-containing cells, s, with thick inner walls. 

 Fig. 400, 1 4, illustrates the gradual change in the form of the 

 bundle in the region of dichotomy 1 . The ground-tissue of the 



FIG. 400. Cycas Micholitzii. Vascular bundles in a forked] pinna; px, proto- 

 xylem ; s, sheath of thick-walled cells ; cf, cp, centrifugal and centripetal xylem. 



petiole is abundantly supplied with secretory canals arid in the 

 hypodermal region is a cylinder of stereome. In some petioles, 

 e.g. Macrozamia heteromera 2 , the ground-tissue cells are lignified 

 and reticulately pitted, a feature met with in some Mesozoic 

 cycadean leaves 3 . In Cycas media Worsdell noticed a tendency 



1 Seward (06). 2 Robertson (02). 3 Seward (12 2 ). 



s. in 3 



