. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. Whorlecl Leaves. Whorled Leaves.—^When there are more thantwo leaves at a node, we say the leaves are w4iorled. be stated. A word or two at the bottom or back of the sched-ule, as, nodes tumid, or, internodes very long, is all that isrequisite. Brevity and precision of statement should alwaysbe insisted upon. 68 THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. Fig. Schedule Fifteen, desckibing Fig. 126. Appendages ? <^£eaz^e^. ; Leaf-position ? ^au/ine. !i Leaf-arrangement? \(3^/M7iale. The Leaf.—Sessile^ feather-veined, se
. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. Whorlecl Leaves. Whorled Leaves.—^When there are more thantwo leaves at a node, we say the leaves are w4iorled. be stated. A word or two at the bottom or back of the sched-ule, as, nodes tumid, or, internodes very long, is all that isrequisite. Brevity and precision of statement should alwaysbe insisted upon. 68 THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. Fig. Schedule Fifteen, desckibing Fig. 126. Appendages ? <^£eaz^e^. ; Leaf-position ? ^au/ine. !i Leaf-arrangement? \(3^/M7iale. The Leaf.—Sessile^ feather-veined, serrate, lan-ceolate. Note.—Leaf-position and leaf-arrangement pertain as muchto the leaf as to the stem, but observations concerning themcould not be properly made until something was known of thestem. When the pupil becomes familiar with these characters,it will, perhaps, be more appropriate to notice them in theleaf-description than in the stem-description. THE STEM. 69 Fig. 127. EXEECISE of Stems, Fig. 128. Fig. 129.
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