Monocotyledonous Stems 



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the exotic Palms (fig. 72), instead of having tapering stems like 

 our forest trees, possess them of much the same diameter from 

 top to bottom. 



Fig. 72. — Livisionia attstraiis, a Fan Palm. 



Within there is no separation into pith or bark. On the 

 exterior there is an epidermis and a cortex, or false rind made 

 up of the ends of the fibro-vascular bundles. These bundles 



