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WETLAND PLANTS
WATER LILY
(Nymphaea sp.) Star-shaped sclereid Upper epidermis Palisade mesophyll
(short strengthening cell) (outer layer of cells) Vein
(tightly packed
photosynthetic tissue)
Lacuna
(air space) Parenchyma
(packing tissue)
MICROGRAPH OF CROSS-SECTION Lower epidermis Phloem
THROUGH LEAF OF WATER LILY (outer layer of cells) Vascular
tissue
Xylem
Flower
Midrib
Adaxial (upper)
Petal Lateral Abaxial (lower) surface of Margin
vein Midrib Waxy, water-repellent surface of lamina (blade) of lamina
lamina (blade) lamina (blade) (blade)

Petiole
Pedicel (leaf stalk)
(flower stalk)
Developing Cortex
leaf (layer between
Cortex Star-shaped sclereid
(layer between epidermis and
epidermis and (short strengthening cell) vascular tissue)
vascular tissue)

Vascular Lacuna Epidermis
bundle (air space) (outer layer
of cells)
Epidermis Endodermis
(inner layer
(outer layer
of cells) of cortex) Lacuna
(air space) Vascular
MICROGRAPH OF CROSS-SECTION
bundle
THROUGH STEM OF
Flower
ELODEA SP.
bud MICROGRAPH OF CROSS-SECTION THROUGH
PETIOLE OF WATER LILY
Pedicel
(flower stalk)
Rhizome
Plant fully
submerged
Leaf
Adventitious
root

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