THE LEAF. 



FIG. 11. 



Now, when a leaf lias but one rib a 

 midrib which gives off veins right and 

 left, like Fig. 10, making it look some- 

 thing like a feather, it is called a feather- 

 veined leaf; and when several ribs pass 



across the blade 

 in a spreading 

 fashion, as in 

 Fig. 11, the 

 leaf is said to 

 be palmate- 

 veined. Who- 

 ever named it 

 so, must have 

 thought the ribs 

 looked like the 

 spread-out fingers branching off from the palm of 

 the hand. 



If a leaf is net-veined, it will be in one of these 

 two fashions. It will be either feather-veined or 

 palmate-veined. In answering the question Vena- 

 tion ? in your schedule, you may now state whether 

 the leaf in hand is feather-veined or palmate- veined. 



You may sometimes be troubled to decide whether 

 a leaf is feather-veined or palmate-veined. Large 

 Veins near the base sometimes look very much like 

 ribs. Compare your leaf carefully with the pictures 

 and definitions, and write your opinion in the sched- 

 ule. You may make mistakes at first, but further 

 observation will enable you to correct them. 



terms in description, without troubling ourselves about the 

 higher growths of the science. 



