Given below are two statements: Statement I: In a dicotyledonous leaf, the vascular bundles are surrounded by a layer of thin-walled bundle sheath cells. Statement II: The spongy parenchyma in a dorsiventral leaf is situated below the palisade cells and extends to the lower epidermis. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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Statement I is false because in a dicotyledonous (dorsiventral) leaf, the vascular bundles are surrounded by a layer of thick-walled bundle sheath cells, not thin-walled. Statement II is true because the mesophyll of a dorsiventral leaf is differentiated into palisade and spongy parenchyma. The loosely arranged spongy parenchyma is situated below the palisade cells and extends to the lower epidermis. Therefore, Statement I is false but Statement II is true. Answer: Statement I is false but Statement II is true