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Surface Features can be very important for purposes of identification.

They can also reveal the pressence of secretory structures that may have ethnobotanical significance.

The most straighforward way to do this is to use a dissecting microscope and an illuminator

I chanced on a simple technique that can reveal undisturbed views of epidermal structures. However, this requires a compound Microscope with a good illuminator.