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THE VASCULAR TISSUES AND TRANSPIRATION. 



their transpiring leaves. In very many lianes the cavities of the conducting vessels 

 can be plainly seen with tlie naked eye. This is the case, for example, in the cross- 

 section of the liane represented in natural size in fig. 95 ^. A diameter of J- mm. is 



Fig. 96.— JUanes. 



Portion of tne siem of a tropical Aristolochia. 2 Cross section of a liane-like Aristolochia. 8 Menispermiim Carolinianum. 

 * Cross section of tlie tu-ining stem of S[enisvermum (magnified). ^ Portion of a liane (probably an Asclepiad) gathered in 

 a tropical forest; nat. size. 



not at all rare in passion-flowers and aristolochias, and, generally speaking, in most 

 twining and climbing plants; whilst in many lianes the conducting tubes have 

 even been observed to be 0'7 nim. in diameter. 



