Cut a transverse section of young stem of a plant from your school garden and observe it under the microscope. How would you ascertain whether it is a monocot stem or dicot stem? Give reasons.

Vascular bundles of monocot stem are surrounded by bundle sheath cells.

The vascular bundles in the stems of most of dicots are conjoint, collateral and open. In each of these bundles

In monocot stem, following is absent

Vascular bundle is closed, when