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Longitudinal section of date stem 

 (a) Old leaf bases. 



In the region of (b) and elsewhere in the photo, the cut ends of the branch, fibre-like bundles, 

 can be seen leading in an upward slanting direction towards the leaf bases. 



(See page 6.) 



