68 THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. 



FIG. 126. 



SCHEDULE FIFTEEN, DESCRIBING FIG. 126. 



THE LEAF. 

 ceolate. 



Sessile, feather-veined, serrate, lan- 



NOTE. Leaf-position and leaf- arrangement pertain as much 

 to the leaf as to the stem, but observations concern ing them 

 could not be properly made until something was known of the 

 stem. "When the pupil becomes familiar with these characters, 

 it will, perhaps, be more appropriate to notice them in the 

 leaf-description than in the stem-description. 



