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one half of the leaf-tissue as a single layer of 

 large cells instead of several layers, as in the case 



Fig. 45. The fleshy , leaf of a stonecrop 



of the laurel and sunflower leaves. A difference 

 of this kind is but a minor matter. Some plants, 

 however, have to modify their leaf-structures 

 very much to adapt themselves to their particular 



