Lunularia
cruciata
A pore. It
serves the same purpose as the stomata seen in Funaria hygrometrica
above; it allows CO2 to enter the plant so it can photosynthesize.
There are no guard cells, however, and so it cannot close to prevent
water loss. The "little boogers" inside the Lunularia pore are chlorophyllose
cells - the wormy cells that stand up from the floor inside the
little dome of an air chamber.
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