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Leafstalk'. The well marked slender support of a leaf blade. 
Sometimes absent. 
Lobed. With marginal indentations running % or % of the 
distance to the center or base, the segments usually some¬ 
what rounded. 
Longitudinal. Lengthwise. 
Midrib. The central vein of a leaf. 
Milkg. With an opaque, usually white, juice. 
Xcedle-like (leaf). Long and slender, neither definitely flat¬ 
tened nor regularly tapering; may l>c long as in Pine, or 
short as in Spruce. 
Xode. The point on, or line around, a stem from which one or 
more leaves arise. Often not specially marked otherwise 
than that a leaf or leaf-scar is found there. 
Xotch. An angular indentation. 
Xnt. A hard or bony fruit like that of the walnut, oak, chest¬ 
nut. 
Xutlet. A small nut or a small hard seed-like part of a fruit. 
Oblong. Two or three times longer than broad, with the sides 
nearly parallel. 
Once compound (leaf). With the leaflets attached to the pri¬ 
mary axis of the leaf. 
Opjmsite (leaves). With two leaves at the same node. 
Palmate , Palmately compound. With several leaflets starting 
from a common point at the tip of the leaf-stalk. 
J’almately veined. With several veins radiating from a common 
point at the tip of the leaf-stalk. 
Papery (bark). Splitting into thin papery films. 
Petal. One of the parts of a flower, situated between the sta¬ 
mens and the calyx. The petals are usually the most 
conspicuous parts of the ordinary flower, generally being 
brightly colored. 
Pinnate , Pinnately compound. With several leaflets starting 
from different points along two sides of a common axis. 
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