CHAPTER XI 



LEAVES — FORM AND POSITION 



Leaves may be studied from four points of view, — with 

 reference to (1) tlieir liitds and <iJiapes;{2) \.\\€\x position, or 

 arrangement on the plant; (3) their anatomy, or structure ; 



Fig. 88. — a Simple Netted-veined Leaf. 



(4) their function, or the work they 

 perform. This chapter is concerned 

 with the first 4^ two categories. 



Fig, 90. — Compound or Branched Leaf 

 OF Brake (a common fern). 



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Fig. 89. — A Simple Par- 

 allel-veined Leaf. 



Kinds. — Leaves 

 are simple or un- 

 branched (Figs. ?>^, 

 89), and compound or 

 branched (Fig. 90). 



