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A Variation of C₄ Leaf Anatomy in Arundinella hirta (Gramineae) ¹

^a Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101

The species Arundinella hirta L. posseses a striking variation of the leaf anatomy that is characteristic of C₄ grasses. In addition to a sheath of large, bright green cells around the vascular bundles, there are strands of large parenchyma cells which appear identical to the bundle sheath cells and which run parallel to the vascular bundles, but which are not associated with any vascular tissue. This species may be useful for studying the cellular compartmentalization associated with the C₄ pathway and should provide interesting material for determining the role of translocation in the functioning of the C₄ system.

¹ Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Series Paper 8177. This work was supported in part by Rockefeller Foundation Grant Ga Agr 7035.

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