MAINTENAA^CE OF A FREE PASSAGE FOR AQUEOUS VAPOUR. 



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If the bent-back margins do not fit so closely together, a gi-oove appears on 

 the under side of the leaf, which is more or less sunken according to the extent of 

 the rolling, as for example in the Heaths {Erica caffra, vestita, &c., see fig. 71 1). 

 Occasionally a groove is developed which divides into two side furrows runnincr 



Fig. 71. — Transverse Sections through KoUed Leaves. 



^ Erica caffra; x280. ^ Empetrum nigrum; xl6l}. ^ ATUiromeda tetragona; xl50. * Tylanthus ericoides ; X130. 



6 Saliz reticulata ; x 200. 



beneath the rolled edges, as for example in the leaves of Andromeda tetragona (fig. 

 71^), and in those of the Cape Rhamnea, Tylanthus ericoides (fig. 71*). The central 

 portion of the space framed in by the rolled-back leaves is also frequently divided 

 into two longitudinal grooves, and in such a manner that the tissue below the 

 midrib of the leaf may project as a broad strong band. On the under side of the 

 leaf, therefore, are three longitudinally elongated parallel projections, a central one 

 under the midrib, and two lateral, which have been formed by the rolled-back margins 



