All of the following statements are incorrect about a monocot stem, except

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All of the following statements are incorrect about a monocot stem, except, hypodermis of monocot stem is made up of multiple layers of parenchyma, vascular bundles are surrounded by sclerenchymatous bundle sheath ., the vascular cylinder is surrounded by a parenchymatous pericycle in monocot stem, peripheral vascular bundles are generally larger than the centrally located ones.

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The monocot stem has a sclerenchymatous hypodermis, a large number of scattered vascular bundles, each surrounded by a sclerenchymatous bundle sheath, and a large, conspicuous parenchymatous ground tissue. It doesn't have pericycle. Vascular bundles are conjoint and closed. Peripheral vascular bundles are generally smaller than the centrally located ones.

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