The document discusses vascular tissue in plants. It notes that vascular tissue is complex conducting tissue composed of xylem and phloem, which transport fluids and nutrients internally. Vascular bundles contain xylem and phloem as well as supporting cells. Xylem typically lies closer to the interior of stems while phloem is nearer the exterior, transporting sugars. There are four patterns of primary xylem development - centrarch, exarch, endarch and mesarch - depending on whether development proceeds from the center outward, outside inward, inside outward, or from the middle in both directions.