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				The same field of the previous image observed with crossed 
				polarizers at the extinction position. The following 
				birefringent structures appear shining: the 
				epidermis, part of the cortex 
				(yellow), 
				the 
				
				
				bundles of xylem and the sclerenchyma fibers
				
				
				located around them   |