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BOTANY. 



ing less perfectly developed tissues and tissue systems. Their 

 epidermal system is more feebly developed, and they bear very 



Pig. 137.— Longitadinal section througli the apex of a root of Indian com (Zea 

 main). All within and above the line v, s, v, is the lOot proper, all below and ontside 

 of it is the root-cap, or pileorhiza ; e, apex of root ; e, e, epidermis, continued into 

 the dermatogen at the apex ; v, r, the thickened outer wall of the epidermis (the 

 origin of the root-cap from the dermatogen is not shown in this figure) ; as, ?■, the cor- 

 tex which is .produced from the periblem at the apex ; m, 9,^, the plerome; m be- 

 comes the pith, g a vessel, /, wood ; a, a. outer and older portion of the root-cap ; i, 

 inner and younger portion of the root cap.— Alter Sachs. 



