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Multiseriate ray containing horizontal resin ducts

A scanning electron micrograph of a ray containing horizontal resin ducts with thick-walled epithelial cells in Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). Although typically uniseriate, the rays containing resin ducts (also known as fusiform rays) become multiseriate as shown here.

 
   
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