THE LEAF. 



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entire leaf resembles a heart, and is therefore said 

 to be cordate. So the base of a leaf may look like 

 an arrow, while the rest of it is very unlike an 

 arrow. The apex may be truncate or obcordate, or 

 any other form rather than the acute ending of an ar- 

 rowshaped leaf. Follow the order of the" schedule 

 carefully in your descriptions till you begin to grow 

 familiar with varying leaf-forms, and soon all ap- 

 pearance of confusion in the use of words will be at 

 an end. 



LEAVES THAT ABE BROADEST AT THE APEX. 

 FIG. 74. FIG. 75. FIG. 76. FIG. 77. 



Obcordiform. 



Obo^vate. 



Oblan'ceolate. Spatb/ulate. 



Do not expect to find an exact reproduction in 

 Nature of the forms pictured in the book. You are 

 simply to see which of the pictures your leaf is near- 

 est like, and give it the name or the combination of 

 names which the comparison seems to justify. 



There are, of course, many leaves that you will 

 not at first be able to describe. But if you find a 



