ABSTRACT
THE ANATOMY OF LEAVES OF GOMIDESIA SPECTABILIS (DC)BERG AND G. NITIDA (VELL.)LEGR., COLLECTED FROM PLANTS WHICH GROW IN FLORESTA DA TIJUCA (MATA ATLÂNTICA), RIO DE JANEIRO MUNICIPALITY ARE PRESENTED. THE ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE LEAVES SHOWED UNISERIATE EPIDERMIS, PARACYTIC STOMATA DISTRIBUTED ONLY ON THE ABAXIAL SURFACE, NUMEROUS NON-GLANDULAR TRICHOMES, DORSIVENTRAL MESOPHYLL, SECRETORY CAVITIES, BICOLLATERAL VASCULAR BUNDLE, CRYSTAL IDIOBLASTS AND ABUNDANT TANNIC CONTENT.
Key-words:
Leaf ANATOMY; Gomidesia; Myrtaceae