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Watts, May Theilgaard

Botanical Terms Used in Describing Leaves, page 1

Identifier
3.19463
Format
India ink on 4-ply cream board.
Printed text.
Digitization Status
Digitized
Reproduction:
Original
Dimensions
36.8 cm W x 54.6 cm H (Item)
29 cm W x 46 cm H (Platemark or image size)
Extent
1 sheet
Type
Drawing
Date created
July 1944
Description
Sheet 1 of 4. Glossary of botanical terms and illustrations depicting labeled leaf silhouettes used for describing leaves, created to accompany "Botanical Terms Used in Describing Leaves" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information. Descriptive text includes an introductory paragraph and details of leaf shapes. The remaining identifying text originally adhered to the board has detached and is no longer present.

Header: LEAVES ARE CALLED

Leaf terms depicted from top to bottom, left to right
  • SIMPLE
  • COMPOUND
    • pinnately-compound
    • palmately-compound, (or digitate)
    • ternately-compound, (or trifoliate)
    • doubly-compound (or bi-pinnate)
Leaf terms across bottom of page from left to right
  • PERFOLIATE
  • RADICAL
  • SESSILE
  • ALTERNATE
  • OPPOSITE
  • WHORLED
Appeared In
Morton Arboretum Bulletin Of Popular Information, Vol. 19, no. 7, p. 25.
Subject - keywords and LC headings
Leaves--Anatomy
Drawings -- United States -- 20th century
Pen works -- United States -- 20th century
Related Objects
Botanical Terms Used in Describing Leaves, page 2
Botanical Terms Used in Describing Leaves, page 3
Botanical Terms Used in Describing Leaves, page 4
Related Collections
Artwork
Language
English