Fig. 049. Cypripedium - Cross-section of rootlet.
(30 diam.) A, Epidermis. B, Parenchyma of cortex. C, Xylem. (Photomicrograph).
This image is from Cypripedium in Sayre's Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, 1917.
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