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Collect different kinds of leaves from your surroundings and observe the shapes of the epidermal cells under microscope. Make a table which contains serial number, name of the leaf, shape of the leaf, the shape of the epidermal cells. Do not forget to write specific findings below the table.

1. Tobacco leaf shows pavement cells, stomatal guard cells, long-stalked trichomes and broader short-stalked trichomes.

2. In Arabidopsis leaf, the trichomes develop in a wave down the leaf and even the youngest trichome is separated by several pavement cells.


3. In dicot leaves pavement cells are shaped like the interlocking pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.


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