124 Field, Forest, and Wayside Flowers 



Branched leaves occur only rarely and exception- 

 ally among the palms, and in a few of jack-in- 

 the-pulpit's eccentric cousins. But the blade- 

 like foliage (Fig 26) is borne by many plants 

 among the lily's kin the crocus, iris and spider- 



FIG. 25. Net-veined leaves of the lime-tree. 



(From the Vegetable World.) 



wort, the orange-colored lily of old-fashioned gar- 

 dens, the blue-eyed grass, the cat tail flags, and 

 other familiar flower friends. Such leaves, like 

 grass-blades, have no true stalks, but spring from 

 sheaths which enfold the stem. These clasping 



