Lithops

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Across
  1. 4. Lithops are confined to areas where the pattern on their leaves matches the ___________ of the environment.
  2. 5. The living stones can endure 120 degree temperatures, _____________, and minimal rainfall.
  3. 6. Lithops are an undesirable source of ______.
  4. 9. Avid plant _____________ have led to the endangerment and near extinction of many varieties of lithops.
  5. 10. Thomas Burchell found this little plant on ___________.
  6. 13. Lithops are native to the dessert area of ______________.
  7. 15. The common name given to lithops because of their likeliness to this kind of rock.
  8. 17. This is the only region of the leaf exposed to natural lithops.
  9. 18. Lithops live for more than one year meaning they are this type of flower.
  10. 19. This pore that lets CO2 into the plant and O2 out is actually located underground in lithops.
Down
  1. 1. Lithops have transparent _________ to let sunlight in the plant to maximize photosynthesis.
  2. 2. ____________ or heavy dew is require to get the seed capsules to open up.
  3. 3. Because the leaf is mostly underground lithops have very little ________________ exposed to the sun.
  4. 7. Greek word meaning "stone"
  5. 8. Lithops are the masters of _____________.
  6. 11. Lithops have this many leaves.
  7. 12. This type of crystal (the same stuff that made the dumb cane spears) reflects light to the inside of the leaf.
  8. 14. Lithops grow flowers so that they can be pollinated by these.
  9. 16. Being underground prevents the loss of _________.