14 OBJECT LESSONS IN BOTANY. 
with palmate venation. Maple leaves are very familiar ex- 
amples of the same. 
11. Our next figure (5) represents the leaf of 
the Tulip. How very different is its venation! 
How smooth, even, and polished its surface! The 
veins all run side by side, from base to apex, in 
graceful and regular curves. They are so nearly 
parallel, that this kind of venation is called the 
\ parallel venation. Look at the grass leaves, the 
\ Corn leaves, and the Palm leaves, and see the 
same kind of venation. 
Fig. 5. Leaf of Tulip. Fig. 6. Leaf of the Climbing Fern. 
12. Let us examine one other kind of venation, and the 
list will be complete. Here is a cut showing the leaf of 
11. Define the parallel venation. Mention examples. 
12. The forked venation. Examples. 
Now repeat the names of the five or six kinds of venation. 
