FLOWERS 



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PLATE ' XL1IL 



FIG. 53. Powdered Indian Hemp 



bef, Epidermis from margin of 



bract. 



eb, Epidermis of bracteole. 

 eif, Lower epidermis of bract. 

 esf, Upper epidermis, 

 e's'f, Upper epidermis of bract, 



with palisade, p'a', in profile. 

 esf n, Neural epidermis of bract. 

 ffv, Portion of fibro-vascular 



bundle from bract. 



go. Oil-gland. 

 I, B 



Bast, rich in calcium oxa- 

 late. 



c, Stalked glands. 



d, Stalk deprived of gland. 

 s, Sessile glands. 



me, Mesophyll of bract, with pta, Simple hair from stem. 



crystals. pi, Dignified parenchyma of 



pa, p'a', Palisade. 

 pas, Papillae of stigma. 

 pc, Cystolithic hairs. 



stem. 



st, Stigma with papillae, 

 tc, Crystal tubes, 

 pea, Cortical parenchyma of tr, Vessels, etc. 



tern with crystals. vl, Laticiferous vessels. 



