Bast Fibers 1 and 2 Small 141×320 Medium 283×640 Large 453×1024 Download Tiff Original 1061×2400 | (354.4 KB) Description Developmental stages of bast fibers: "1 and 2, cross and longitudinal sections of primary meristem cells that are to become bast fibers." -Stevens, 1916 Keywords bast fiber stage 1, bast fiber stage 2, bast fiber stages, meristem cell, plant anatomy, plant cells, plant skin fibers Galleries Cellular Botany Source: William Chase Stevens Plant Anatomy (Philadelphia, PA: P. Blakiston, 1916)