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Figure 145. — A transverse section through a main branchletand decurrent 

 leaves, showing an oil cavity in the two lower, and just the 

 base of one in the third leaf. Between this and the central 

 axis are sectioned two bundles of a minor branchlet. 

 The endodermal cells preserve some order, and in the 

 m,esophylI of the two lower leaves can be seen some stone 

 cells. — the darker shaded bodies. Stained with hema- 

 toxylin. C. rhomboidea, x 25. 



