The elements of botany for The elements of botany for beginners and for schools elementsofbotany00grayuoft Year: [1887] 64 LEAVES. [SECTION 7. a large and very showy petal-like leaf; the original dry scale is apparent in the notch at the apex. 167. Leaves as Spines occur in several plants. A familiar instance is that of the common Barberry (Fig. 171)- In almost any summer shoot, most of the gradations may be seen between the ordinary leaves, with sharp bristly teeth, and leaves which are reduced to a branching spine or thorn. The fact that the spines of tlie Barberry produce a leaf-bud in the

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The elements of botany for The elements of botany for beginners and for schools elementsofbotany00grayuoft Year: [1887] 64 LEAVES. [SECTION 7. a large and very showy petal-like leaf; the original dry scale is apparent in the notch at the apex. 167. Leaves as Spines occur in several plants. A familiar instance is that of the common Barberry (Fig. 171)- In almost any summer shoot, most of the gradations may be seen between the ordinary leaves, with sharp bristly teeth, and leaves which are reduced to a branching spine or thorn. The fact that the spines of tlie Barberry produce a leaf-bud in their axil also proves them to be leaves.

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