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Scanning electron micrograph of a shoot apical meristem with leaf primordia |
| Scanning electron micrograph of a more advanced leaf primordia |
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The very young leaf is lobed and basically simple. |
| The leaf is now obviously compound. As the leaf develops, it grows in size and well as in number of leaflets. |
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At this point the leaf is quite large. Note that the mature leaflets are themselves compound. |
