. Flowers, fruits and leaves. Botany; Flowers; Seeds; Leaves. no MAPLE. [chap. brought up nearly to the same level, and immediately to the outside of the first pair. In well-grown shoots there is often a fourth pair on the outside of the second. If we look at such a cluster of leaves directly from in front, we shall see that they generally appear somewhat to overlap ; but it must be remembered that in temperate regions the sun is never vertical. Moreover, while alternate leaves are more convenient in such an arrangement as that of the Beech, where. FxG. 69.—Acer, there would be no room for a s
. Flowers, fruits and leaves. Botany; Flowers; Seeds; Leaves. no MAPLE. [chap. brought up nearly to the same level, and immediately to the outside of the first pair. In well-grown shoots there is often a fourth pair on the outside of the second. If we look at such a cluster of leaves directly from in front, we shall see that they generally appear somewhat to overlap ; but it must be remembered that in temperate regions the sun is never vertical. Moreover, while alternate leaves are more convenient in such an arrangement as that of the Beech, where. FxG. 69.—Acer, there would be no room for a second leaf, it is more suitable iti such cases as the Sycamores and Maples that the leaves should be opposite, because if, other things remaining the same, the leaves of the Sycamore were alternate, the sixth leaf would require an incon- venient length of petiole. Perhaps it will be said that the Plane-tree, which has leaves so like a Maple that one species of the latter genus is named after it {Acerplatanoides, Fig. 69), has, nevertheless, alternate leaves. In reality, however, I think this rather supports my argument, because the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913. London : Macmillan
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