BlSeUISSS OF LEAVES, CONCLUDED 



105 



114a. Branches which imitate leaves are called cladophylla (word 

 meaning "branch-leaves; " singular, cladophyllum) . 



Fig, 103. 

 Foliage of an acacia. 



Fig. 104. 

 Foliage of another acacia. 



115. A leaf of the long- leaf acacia (from Au- 

 stralia, now sometimes grown in glass houses) is 

 shown in Fig. 103. It is typical of a class of 

 acacias. This leaf has a peculiar, rigid structure, 

 and it stands edgewise to the branch; these facts, 



