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considered in Relation to the Phyllode Theory . 
centric in form like A. liburnicus. A. ramosus, L., for instance, has a flat 
linear leaf which — at least as far as can be judged from herbarium material 
Figs. 8-13. (Xylem, black ; phloem, white ; fibres, dotted.) Fig. 8, Asphodelus ramosus, L. 
Transverse section of half a leaf, including median bundle (; m.b.); f = fibres; a.p. = assimilating 
parenchyma; i.b. = inverted bundle. (This section was from herbarium material, which possibly 
had not recovered its normal thickness) ( x 14). Figs. 9-ri, Asphodelus liburnicus , Scop. Fig. 9, 
transverse section near apex of axis, ax., showing a number of young leaves (1-14) with divergence 
(x 14). In each leaf, m.b.= median bundle; l x and / 2 = lateral bundles; i.b. = inverted bundle 
derived from median bundle. In leaf 13, two bundles, i.b. x and i.b. 2 , are derived from the median 
bundle, s. = sheathing wings of leaf-base. Fig. 10, transverse section through another leaf cut at 
a higher level, showing // and //, which have been given off from l L and / 2 ( x 14). Fig. it, trans- 
verse section, higher still in the limb of another leaf, showing i.b.' and i.b.", which have been given 
off from i.b. ; lac. — lacuna; a.p. = assimilating parenchyma. Fig. 12, Thalictrum fiavuin, L. 
Transverse section of leaf-sheath to show inverted bundles, i.b. ( x 14). Fig. 13, Eremurus 
himalaicus , Baker. Fig. 13 A, transverse section near apex of foliage leaf (x 14). Fig. 13B, part 
of transverse section of scale leaf ( x 14) ; i.b. = inverted bundle. 
— would scarcely, from its external appearance, be suspected of phyllodic 
characters. But sections reveal two rows of bundles — the upper ones 
inverted — and a horizontally placed marginal strand (Fig. 8) ; the whole 
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