FIGURE 2. a–h. Eriope harleyi. a. xylopodium holding several branches; b. detail of floral bracteoles buttons at the base of pseudopedicels; c. diaphanized leaf highlighting fimbriated marginal vein (fv); d. frontal view of adaxial epidermis showing cell walls anticlinal straight and stomata diacytic; e. SEM of the leaf epidermis in the margin region; f–g. cross sections of the leaf; f. detail of 2o vein containing extension sclerenchymatic sheath; g. epidermal cells showing the highest adaxial face in relation to the abaxial and mesophyll dorsiventral; Legends: br. bracteoles; es. bundle sheath extension sclerified; ep. epidermis; fv. fimbriated marginal vein; gt. glandular trichomes; is. intersecondary vein; pp. palisade parenchyma; qv. quaternary vein; sp. spongy parenchyma; st. stomata; tt. tector trichomes; tv. percurrentes tertiary veins; vb. vascular bundle; xy. xylopodium. Scale bars: a. 15 mm; b. 2 mm; c. 200 μm; d. 30 μm; e. 20 μm; f–g. 20 μm. Staining: c–d. aqueous safranin; f–g. alcian blue and basic fuchsin 3:1.