CHAPTER VI 



A STUDY OF LEAVES 



How many can 

 different plants ? 

 for the drawings 

 about leaves, you 

 shapes there are, 

 they are arranged 



Most leaves 

 Mushrooms have 



draw from memory leaf outlines of three 

 From what plants were the leaves obtained 

 on this page? If you have never thought 

 will be surprised to find how many different 

 even on the same plant, and how differently 

 on different plants. 



are green, but not every plant has leaves, 

 none. Do all Mistletoes have leaves ? 



Fig. 50. — Trifoliate leaf. 



Fig. 51. — Paripinnate leaf. (From 

 Edmonds and Rlarloth's "Ele- 

 mentary Botany for South 

 Africa.") 



In studying leaves, we may consider their forms, their parts 

 and positions on the stem, and see how they are all fitted to 

 do their work to the best advantage. 



What is a leaf? It is sometimes difficult to know just how 



