LEA VES. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



LEAVES. 



Now let 

 us see if we 

 can find a 

 dead nettle. 

 We shall 

 soon fi n d 

 one, either 

 white or 

 red, as we 

 go along 

 almost any 

 country 

 road. No- 

 tice the pla- 

 ces where 

 the leaves 

 grow out 

 from the 

 stem. These places are called nodes.'-' In the dead 



Fig. 55. Privet (Ligustrum vtilgare). Showing 

 decussate leaves, b The fruit. 



From the Latin "nodus" a knot, a bond, a connection, a joint. 



