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Fig. 1. Portion of dorsal cortex near the groove in the pedicel of Nicotiana, 

 showing the abscission process well under way. 



Fig. 2. Group of isolated cells washed off from end of a freshly abscissed 

 pedicel of Nicotiana. 



Fig. 3. Single isolated cell showing the thinness of the remaining cell 

 membrane. 



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