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DURATION OF LEAVES 35<br />

Glabrous, when perfectly smooth and free from hairs or pro-<br />

tuberances. Ex. : Tulip.<br />

Glaucous, when covered with bloom, as the Cabbage leaf.<br />

Pellucid-puncate, when dotted with oil glands, as the leaves of<br />

the Orange family.<br />

Scabrous leaves have a rough surface with minute, hard points.<br />

Pubescent, covered with short, soft hairs. Ex. : Strawberry.<br />

ViLLOSE, covered with long and shaggy hairs. Ex. Forget-me-not.<br />

Sericious, silky. Ex.: Silverleaf.<br />

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rage tissue<br />

Pallaade<br />

parenchyma<br />

rage tissue<br />

Fig. 26. Fig. 27.<br />

Fig. 26.—Cross-section through a portion of rubber leaf, showing the large percentage<br />

of water-storage tissues on both sides of the leaf, and the relation of the<br />

palisade and spongy parenchyma to the lateral veins. {From Steiens.)<br />

Fig. 27.—Surface view of the epidermis of a leaf showing several stomata. The<br />

guard cells are dotted. {From Hamaker.)<br />

Hispid, when covered with short, stiff hairs. Ex. : Borage.<br />

ToMENTOSE, densely pubescent and felt-like, as the Mullein leaf.<br />

Spinose, beset with spines, as in the Thistle.<br />

Rugose, when wrinkled. Ex. : Sage.<br />

Verrucose, covered with protuberances or warts.<br />

Duration of Leaves.—Leaves vary as to their period of duration.<br />

They are: Persistent, or evergreen, if they remain green on the tree<br />

for a year or more.<br />

Deciduous, if unfolding in spring and falling in autumn.<br />

Caducous, or fugacious, if falling early in the season.

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