280 AUTUMNAL LEAVES. 



a very beautiful effect being sometimes shown 

 when a bright golden tinge on the leaf margin 

 sets off against dark purple and green in the 

 middle of the leaf. 



Its dense clothing of short, white hairs on its 

 under side gives the mealy, dusty appearance 

 which has doubtless gained for the Wayfaring Tree 

 its common name. These hairs are so thickly 

 scattered upon the under surface of the leaves of 

 this half shrub half tree as to make it soft and 

 velvety to the touch. On some leaves the hairs 

 are much more thickly scattered than upon others. 

 The leaf is large and oval in shape, somewhat 

 bluntly pointed at the apex, slightly heart-shaped 

 at the base and finely serrated along the edges. 

 On its under side the course of the veins can be 

 very prominently seen, and they strongly resemble 

 the ramification of a vine. The rather short leaf- 

 stalk is continued by the mid-stem which takes a 

 slightly waved course through the centre of the 

 leaf, giving off, alternately on each side of it, a 

 series of waved branches each of which is promi- 

 nently forked as it approaches the leaf margin. A 



