He hadn’t thought to look at the section where the mandrake seemed to catch up in rounding its layers where it had obviously been restricted at some point. Blinking he leaned over to look at that peel a bit more and the part still connected to the mandrake.

He said “ It is more mushy like the other between layer regions. I suspect water or the plant equivalent of blood travels through these regions as the plant grows. As I don’t see a vein structure. Perhaps some sort of bloating with water is how they compensate as they grow. “

Then he looked up towards the professor and said “ I wish I had a microscope as probably the veins are only visible with that. I figured with the mandrake being bigger than a newt I’d be able to see them. However even in small newts they are more defined. “

He said “ Do any of the advanced Herbology books talk about veins or organs in plants? “ Hopefully, the word advanced would cover up the fact he hardly skimmed beyond how to prepare plants as potion ingredients anything Herbology related out side of class.