. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. Runcinate. Bipinnatifid. Peclate. A EuN^ciNATE leaf is a lobed feather-veined leaf,in which the lobes point backward toward the 78. BipmisTATiFiD leaves are formed when a deeply-lobed feather-veined leaf has its lobes agam lobed, asin Fig. 79. A Pedate leaf is a lobed palmate-veined leaf, inwhich the lobes at the base are lobed again, and givethe leaf a look like the foot of a bird. Fig. 80. Curled leaves (Fig. 81) are formed by a spread-ing of the border of the blade. THE LEAF. 43 Fig. Peltate.
. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. Runcinate. Bipinnatifid. Peclate. A EuN^ciNATE leaf is a lobed feather-veined leaf,in which the lobes point backward toward the 78. BipmisTATiFiD leaves are formed when a deeply-lobed feather-veined leaf has its lobes agam lobed, asin Fig. 79. A Pedate leaf is a lobed palmate-veined leaf, inwhich the lobes at the base are lobed again, and givethe leaf a look like the foot of a bird. Fig. 80. Curled leaves (Fig. 81) are formed by a spread-ing of the border of the blade. THE LEAF. 43 Fig. Peltate. Kidney-shaped. Peltate leaves are round, and have the petioleattached near the middle of the under surface of theblade. Fig. 82. A KiDi!q-EY-sHAPED leaf is short and broad, with arounded apex and heart-shaped base. Fig. 83. A Lyrate leaf is a lobed feather-veined leaf, withthe terminal lobe much larger than the others. Fig. 44 THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. Laciniate leaves are so named because they lookas if they had been gashed with scissors. Fig. 85 isan example of such a leaf.
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