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#XL - R Botany
Monocot leaf (Isobilateral leaf)
Epidermis ;
Consists of upper and lower epidermis.
Both the layers are cutinized.
In some grasses they are large with thin, flexible walled cells called as Motor or Bulliform cells
Mesophyll ;
Not differentiated into palisade and spongy.
Made of parenchyma cells which have Chloroplasts.
Vasular bundle
Arranged in parallel manner.
Conjoint, Collateral and Closed and enclosed by a bundle sheath Xylem (adaxial) and Phloem (abaxial)