Fig. 2 —Longitudinal section through peripheral region of mature internode. X 360. a. Epidermis; 6 
sclerenchymatous hypodermis; c, thin-walled cortical tissue; d, sclerenchymatous cortical tissue; e, sheath 
cells of peripheral stem bundles. Cross section through the nodal region of a mature stem. The 
epidermis is covered by a wax deposit in the form of densely crowded rods, 
lignified hypodermis have a large nucleus and cytoplasm. X 505. 
The cells of the strongly 
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