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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 xylem elements of the 
			
			
			vascular bundles 
			
			(located towards the interior of the vascular cylinder), and the
			
			
			sclerenchyma fibers 
			
			(yellow)
			(more externally located) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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