Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 429
needle-like, while later leaves aremuch flattened. In these two cases (also the ivy), many of usbelieve the earlier leaves indicate an ancestralcondition; e.g., that our ivy has come from anancestor which had three leaflets. As a mere case of mechanics, entire leaves areproduced when the veins and…
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