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AN ADAPTIVE FEATURE

OF SOME MANGROVES OF SUDARBANS,

WEST BENGAL



SAUREN DAS
Agricultural Science Unit, Indian Statistical Institute,
203, B. T. Road, Calcutta-700 035, India.

Figure 2

Figure2 drawings of transverse sections of leaves showing typical anatomical features

Figure 2. A-0. Camera lucida drawings of transverse sections of leaves showing typical anatomical features.
bs, bundle sheeth;
cf, crystalliferous cells;
e, epidermal cells;
fb, fibre bundle;
gh, glandular hairs;
h, hypodermis;
mc, mucilagenous cell;
ngh, non-glandular hairs;
oc, oil cells;
pc, palisade cells;
s, stomata;
scl, sclereids;
sp, spongy parenchyma;
tn, tannin cells;
tt, terminal tracheids;
v, vascular bundle;
ws, water storage tissue.		            A. A.alba.
B. A. corniculatum.
C. A.rotundifolia.
D. A.ilicifolius.
E. C.decandra.
F. Bruguiera gymnorrhiza.
G. E.agallocha.
H. H.fomes.
I. Rhizophora mucronata.
J. K.candel.
K. S.apelata.
L. X.granatum.
M. X.mekongensis.
N. P.paludosa.
O. N.fruticans.
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