File:EB1911 Leaf - stem with alternate leaves.jpg

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English: A stem with alternate leaves, arranged in a pentastichous or quincuncial manner. The sixth leaf is directly above the first, and commences the second cycle. The fraction of the circumference of the stem expressing the divergence of the leaves is two-fifths.
Date published 1911
Source “Leaf,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 16, 1911, p. 327, fig. 30.
Author Alfred Barton Rendle
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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