300 



BOTANY 



FIG. 265. Equisetum telmateia. Longitudinal sections near the apex of a sterile 

 shoot, showing young leaves, L, and lateral bud, k (X200). 



FIG. 266. Equisetum telmateia. A, longitudinal section of root-apex (x 200) ; 

 x, x, central vessel of the vascular bundle. B, O, two transverse sections through 

 the apex. C shows the first division in the root-cap. 



