124 Field, Forest, and Wayside Flowers 
Branched leaves occur only rarely and exception- 
ally among the palms, and in a few of jack-in- 
the-pulpit’s eccentric cousins. But the blade- 
like foliage (Fig 26) is borne by many plants 
among the lily’s kin—the crocus, iris and spider- 
Fic. 25.—Net-veined leaves of the lime-tree. 
(From the Vegetable World.) 
wort, the orange-colored lily of old-fashioned gar- 
dens, the blue-eyed grass, the cat-tail flags, and 
other familiar flower friends. Such leaves, like 
grass-blades, have no true stalks, but spring from 
sheaths which enfold the stem. These clasping 
