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THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. 
quill ? Do Figs. 7 and 8 look to you like your own open 
hand, with the fingers spreading out from the palm ? 
Fig. 6. 
Fig. 7. 
Veinlets. 
Vein. 
Midrib. 
Feather-veined. 
Palmate-veined. 
Separate your feather-veined from your palmate- 
veined leaves. 
Fig. 8. 
You may not always find it easy to tell whether a 
leaf is feather veined ox palmate veined. Large veins 
that start near the leaf-stalk sometimes look very much 
like ribs. You may make mistakes here at first; but 
remember that finding out mistakes is a good way 
to learn. 
