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(a) and (b) depict similar sized leaf areas of the same plant on different days; in (b) the plant has grown a little larger. Figs (c) and (d) show the same plant (different from (a) and (b)) on different days but at a much later stage of development when more leaves have become senescent and after some senescent leaves have fallen off.
