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epidermal cells, and their walls are far more undulating. The 

 groups of stomata are continued as a long and very narrow 

 stripe along — and slightly within — both the margins of the 

 leaf-stalk, and are here also accompanied by the highly charac- 



Fig. 12. Saxifraga hypnoides. 



F, Spongy parenchyma from just below the epidermis of the leaf-blade. G, The same 



from just below the epidermis of the leaf-stalk. Я, The same from midway between the 



epidermis and veins. /, Longitudinal section of leaf. Я, Transverse section of leaf. 



(F, G, H, I and К so/i). 



teristic small epidermal cells with undulating walls. Almost all 

 the hairs are without apical glands; they occur invariably in 

 the spaces between the groups of stomata and arise from the 

 straight-walled cells — never from those with undulating walls. 

 The structure of the epidermis of the lower surface (Fig. 11 E) 



