Papers from a plant anatomy symposium held at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in early 1983. Includes bibliographies and index.; Development of the stem conducting tissues in monocotyledons / P. Barry Tomlinson -- Comparative development of vascular tissue patterns in the shoot apex of ferns / Richard A. White -- The role of subsidiary trace bundles in stem and leaf development of the dicotyledoneae / Philip R. Larson --Comparative structure of phloem / Ray F. Evert -- Cellular parameters of leaf morphogenesis in maize and tobacco / R. Scott Poethig -- Alternative modes of organogenesis in higher plants / Donald R. Kaplan -- Morphological aspects of leaf development in ferns and angiosperms / W. Hagemann -- Origin of symmetry in flowers / Shirley C. Tuc ker -- Development of the inflorescence, androecium, and gynoecium with reference to palms / Natalie W. Uhl and John Dransfield --Cleistogamy / Elizabeth M. Lord -- Structural correlations among wood, leaves, and plant habit / Phillip M. Rury and William C. Dickison -- Tree architecture / Jack B. Fisher.