. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. 96 LEAVES AND FOLIAGE when the veins arise from the side of a continuous midrib (Fig. 138); palmate or digitate (hand-like), when the veins arise from the apex of the petiole (Fig. 140). If the leaf were divided between the main veins, it would be pinnately or digitately compound. 204. It is customary to speak of a leaf as compound only when the parts or branches are completely separate blades, as when the 139,141,142). The parts Sometimes the leaflets the. 139. Compound or branched leaf of
. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. 96 LEAVES AND FOLIAGE when the veins arise from the side of a continuous midrib (Fig. 138); palmate or digitate (hand-like), when the veins arise from the apex of the petiole (Fig. 140). If the leaf were divided between the main veins, it would be pinnately or digitately compound. 204. It is customary to speak of a leaf as compound only when the parts or branches are completely separate blades, as when the 139,141,142). The parts Sometimes the leaflets the. 139. Compound or branched leaf of brake (which is a fern). division extends to the midrib (Figs or branches are known as leaflets themselves are compound, and whole leaf is then said to be bi-com- pound or twice-compound (Fig. 139). Some leaves are three-compound, four- compound, or five-compound. Decom- pound is a general term to express any degree of compounding beyond twice- compound. 205. Leaves that are not divided to the midrib are said to be: lobed, openings. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan
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