The longitudinal half of the palm removed to secure Plate 4, photographed in studio an hour later 
on a larger scale 
The area 2 to 4.7-c 5 to h, is the upper portion of the phyllophore, a mass of meristem, ivory white, 
and very brittle in spite of the formation of the fibro-vascular bundles, which are here clearly 
shown, owing to the oxidizing in the air. This is forming the trunk elongation and thickening 
below while pushing up the new leaves from its apex. The group with their bases at 4.7, in breadth 
from a 5 to g 3, are in active elongation, their tops showing above A in Plate 2 
Their active area of elongation is probably from 5 to 7, but in the region from 8 to 12 the bundles 
are already well formed, preparing the leaf for exposure to the wind, and for its active service in 
transpiration and photosynthesis 
