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lettuce central vein

Stomatal imprint of the central crunchy vein of a baby gem lettuce leaf. Lettuce (and the other salad leaves I looked at) carried stomata on both upper and lower surfaces, unlike the houseplants Tradescantia, Chlorophytum and Schefflera.

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Uploaded on March 23, 2010