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AERENCHYMA 



Other examples of adaptation to the habitat-conditions in 

 aquatics are : restriction of the stomata to the upper surface 

 of floating leaves, development of a covering of wax on the 



P 



EJ.S. 



FIG. 91. Transverse section of the vascular strand of the Floating Pond- 

 weed (Potamogeton natans). C., xylem-canals ; E., endodermis ; 

 /., air-canal ; P., sieve-tube. 



latter, and the aerenchyma encountered in certain marsh-plants 

 (e.g. Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria ; Gipsy wort, Lycopus 

 europceus ; . Hairy Willow-herb, Epilobium hirsutum). Aeren- 



