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. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. V. VI. VII. VIII. FiO. 64. — Shapes of Tip of Leaf. I, mucronate, tli© midrib prolonged into a hardsliort point'; II, cuspidate, tapering into a stiif point; III, acute ; IV, rounded; ^ V, acuminate or taper-pointed; VI, retuse, witli tlie rounded end sliglitly notclied; VII, emarginate, deeply notclied; VIII, truncate, with the end cut off rather Fig. 65. — Shapes of Bases of Leaves. 1, heart-shaped (unsymmetrically>; 2, arrowHBhaped; 3, halberd- shaped. through it lengthwise, along which it could be so folded that the two sides would precis
. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. V. VI. VII. VIII. FiO. 64. — Shapes of Tip of Leaf. I, mucronate, tli© midrib prolonged into a hardsliort point'; II, cuspidate, tapering into a stiif point; III, acute ; IV, rounded; ^ V, acuminate or taper-pointed; VI, retuse, witli tlie rounded end sliglitly notclied; VII, emarginate, deeply notclied; VIII, truncate, with the end cut off rather Fig. 65. — Shapes of Bases of Leaves. 1, heart-shaped (unsymmetrically>; 2, arrowHBhaped; 3, halberd- shaped. through it lengthwise, along which it could be so folded that the two sides would precisely coincide ? (6) WTiat is the shape of the tip of the leaf ? (See Fig. 64.) (c) Shape of tlie base of the leaf. (See Fig. 65.) (d) Outline of the margin of the leaf ? (See Fig. 66.) cherry, apple. Most of the statements and directions above given would apply to any of the leaves just enumerated. If this chapter is reached too early in the season to admit of suitable material being procured for the study of leaf arrangement, that topic may be omitted until the leaves of forest trees have sufficiently matured. 1 Any form intermediate between III and IV would he called 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Boston, Ginn
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