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like a net- work. But in each half of the banana 
or the lily leaf you see that they all turn the 
same way, and lie side by side." 
7. ''So they do in this bamboo leaf/' said Frank. 
''Yes; the bamboo, the corn, and all other 
Lime Leaf, showing? Parallel-veined Leaf Net-veined Leaf. 
Midrib. of Lily. 
Straight-ribbed Leaf of Bamboo. 
plants of the grass family have straight-ribbed 
leaves." 
8. "If we sorted the leaves out by their veins, 
how many lots should we get?" asked Jane. 
" You would get two lots, or classes," her 
father replied. " In one the veins would branch 
in many directions, and the leaf would be net- 
veined] and in the other the veins would spread 
