Therefore,it is called the flower type of salt gland.

Structure of salt glands and epidermal non-gland hairs on leaves of mangroves and coastal plants growing at Daya Bay;

Aims Excretion of salt by gland had been studied, but the response of salt glands to heavy metals was rarely explored.

sinensis Debeaux were scanned with a scanning electron microscope, it showed that the upper-epi- dermis had almost the same number of salt glands as the lower-epidermis (Plate I-1, 2), and the salt gland is the typical bicelluar gland, which consists of a large basal cell inlaid into the epidermis and a small cap cell (Plate I-6).

Three issues are mainly discussed:the characteristics of the ultrastructure of salt glands;the function of salt glands;salt-secreted mechanism.

A review on the study of salt glands of Tamarix;