Another way is to cut the midrib in the center at the small end and tear the frond into two pieces.
This thatch is made by bending back on the midrib every alternate spike till all the spikes lie parallel.
These half-fronds are neither so durable nor so serviceable as if the midrib is left entire.
The other way of working a leaf is to outline the midrib first.
The next stitch is taken close to this from the midrib to the outer right-hand edge.
There are two ways of working the leaves of daisies or chrysanthemums in shadow work: First, and the best in my opinion, is to start and work from the top of the leaf to where the midrib commences in the design.
Now work from the midribto the outer edge on the right side of the leaf.
Start from the base of the leaf and instead, however, of putting the needle through the material by the midrib catch one thread upon the midrib and then take a stitch on the left-side edge of the leaf, up to where the midrib ends.
The upper leaves have frequently two smaller veins starting from the base of the leaf, and nearly parallel with the midrib (C i).
The larger leaves are traversed by a strong midrib projecting strongly on the lower side of the leaf, and from this the smaller veins branch.
Where the leaf is one cell thick, the cells are oblong in form, becoming narrower as they approach the midrib and the margin.
The leaves, as in all the order, are very large, and have a thick midrib with lateral veins running to the margin.
Leaves flat, with the midrib forming a distinct ridge on both sides, linear, sometimes over 2 in.
Involute: both edges rolled in toward the midrib on the upper side.
Leaves with the midrib forming a distinct ridge, odor not disagreeable.
The midrib is conspicuous and the veins extending outward to the points of the teeth are well-defined.
The midrib is yellow, and in the autumn the leaves change to an orange yellow before falling.
They are dark, shiny-green and on a short petiole, the veins and midrib being heavy and conspicuous.
They have straight primary veins running from the midrib to the points of the teeth.
One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf.
The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern.
Divided into three parts or segments by incisions extending to the midrib or to the base; -- said of leaves.
There are in the East small beetles of the family Buprestidæ which generally rest on the midrib of a leaf, and the naturalist often hesitates before picking them off, so closely do they resemble pieces of bird's dung.
Between these two points runs a dark curved line exactly representing the midrib of a leaf, and from this radiate on each side a few oblique lines, which serve to indicate the lateral veins of a leaf.
The midrib of the pinnae is always more or less winged, so that the pinnae may be said to be pinnatifid, and the segments to be connected by a narrow wing.
Most of the lobes are attached to the wing of the midrib by a broad base: the lower ones sometimes have a short stalk.
The midrib is broad and well defined: it is winged throughout its length; the wing narrow at the base of the frond, but constantly widening upwards.
They are pinnatifid to within a line of the midrib into numerous oblong and obtuse segments, the veins of which are free, simple and pinnately arranged on a midvein.
The midrib is a little paler than the rest of the frond, and is rather prominent on the under surface.
The indusia of the areoles next the midrib are also often bent at an angle, and the two portions plainly united.
Compound leaves are those in which the divisions extend to the midrib or petiole, and the separated portions become each articulated with it, and receive the name of leaflets.
A leaf with only a single midrib is said to be unicostate and the venation is described as pinnate or feather-veined.
Besides themidrib there are two intra-marginal ribs which converge to the apex.
In Flagellaria indica, Gloriosa superba and others, the midrib of the leaf ends in a tendril.
When the parenchyma is developed symmetrically on each side of the midrib or stalk, the leaf is equal; if otherwise, the leaf is unequal or oblique (fig.
In the leaves of some plants there exists a midrib with large veins running nearly parallel to it from the base to the apex of the lamina, as in grasses (fig.
In the female this deceptive resemblance is enhanced by the large size and foliaceous form of the front wings which, when at rest edge to edge on the abdomen, forcibly suggest in their neuration the midrib and costae of an ordinary leaf.
These latter are rather thin, oval, slightly pointed, wavy or slightly saw-edged, the midrib prominent above and below.
Even the petioles and underside of the leaf's midrib are set with prickles.
The long, blade-like leaves, usually very rough above and hairy along the midrib beneath, are seated on the stem.
Leaves: in whorls of 6 or 8, narrow, midrib and edges very rough.
Hanggúsi ang tukug ug gílit, Smooth the coconut midrib with a razor blade.
A; b] treat a puncture with drops from a burning tobacco midrib dipped in coconut oil.
Kughay sa lubi ang ákung himúung tutpik, I’ll use a midrib for a toothpick.
In reality its stalk and midrib are somewhat brittle, yet this brittleness does not prevent its adapting itself with supple and exquisite curves to whatever support it has chosen.
As the parts mature, the woolliness usually disappears, except along the midrib and principal veins, which become almost glabrous.
Form b, sinuses deep, extending halfway to the midrib or farther, oblong or triangular, bristle-tipped.
The midribis severed and the web peeled therefrom for a few inches as in the "Weebah.
By being drawn between the nails of the thumb and the first finger, the web is separated from the midrib for about three inches.
The longitudinal streak became absorbed in the midrib of the blade, and the insect rested secure in its invisibility.
The loose ends of the web being retained between the thumb and the second finger, the midrib peels off completely when the hand is propelled, the impulse being transmitted to the dart.
The sori are placed on small veins which grow outwards from the midrib of the pinnule.
The sori are chiefly confined to the upper portion of the back of the frond, and are situated on either side of the midrib of the pinnae.
Each of its great pinnate leaves forms with the dilated base of its midrib a broad sheath, which springs out of a loose fold of this coarse cloth that is wrapped around it.
It is the development of the midrib in length that tears asunder the divisions of the lamina, and converts them into separate, and by-and-by remote, pinnae.
This structure consists of a midrib and a number of transverse flat ridges capable of being raised or depressed.
Another, and the most graceful, resembles two bright green leaves, the midrib and the nerve system being imitated perfectly.
Parted, when the incisions are still deeper, but yet do not quite reach to the midrib or the base of the blade; as in Fig.
Excurrent, running out, as when a midrib projects beyond the apex of a leaf, or a trunk is continued to the very top of a tree, 32.
The leaflets of the former answer to the lobes or divisions of the latter; and the continuation of the petiole, along which the leaflets are arranged, answers to the midrib of the simple leaf.
When folded by the midribso that the two halves are placed face to face, it is Conduplicate (Fig.
The distance from the edge to the midrib of the fully expanded leaf was .
A large fragment of a fly was placed halfway between the apex and base of a leaf and halfway between the midrib and one margin.
In the lower part of the leaf, almost half the space on each side between the midrib and margin is destitute of glands; these being replaced by long, rather stiff, multicellular hairs, which intercross over the midrib.
A continuous zigzag line of vessels thus runs round the whole circumference of the leaf, and in the midrib all the vessels are in close contact; so that all parts of the leaf seem to be brought into some degree of communication.
The bilobed leaf, with the midrib likewise tipped with a bristle, stands in the midst of these projections, and is evidently defended by them.
The midrib of the leaf, on the lower side, is strongly developed and prominent.
Nitrogenous fluids act for a shorter time than nitrogenous substances; thus, when drops of an infusion of raw meat were placed on the midrib of a leaf, the incurved margins began to unfold in only 10 hrs.
Drops of the same strong infusion of raw meat were placed along the midrib of a young and rather deeply concave leaf.
It differs chiefly in the larger size of its leaves, and in the glandular hairs near the basal part of the midrib being longer.
The surface of a leaf, near the midrib and towards the base, was rubbed and scratched for some time, but no movement ensued.
A moderately sized and angular bit of albumen was placed on one side of a leaf, halfway between the midrib and the naturally involuted margin.
On another occasion, in which a leaf with an enclosed bit of roast meat spontaneously opened after eight days, there was so much secretion in the furrow over the midrib that it trickled down.
It has prickly, light green leaves, with very long thick spines; a row of these spines is situated along the midrib of each leaf.
The shrub is easily recognised by the formidable array of long, white spines which project from the midrib of each leaf.
It grows in bunches in deep water, and is easily distinguished, since it is the only alga having a midrib and veins, and resembling the leaf of a tree.
Frond distinctly toothed or serrated along the margin; midrib conspicuous through the main axis and forked branchings; no air-vessels.
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