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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 />
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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.