Expanded structures, usually green, of vascular plants, characteristically consisting of a bladelike expansion attached to a stem, and functioning as the principal organ of photosynthesis and transpiration. (American Heritage Dictionary, 2d ed)
    

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Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum): leaves and fruits. Pen drawing, partially coloured.

Autumn leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus). Watercolour drawing.

A fern frond, leaves and grasses framing a rectangular space. Nature print.

Rose stem with autumn leaves. Watercolour drawing.

Tibetan musical score. Wellcome Tibetan 42.

Mathematische und mikroskopisch-anatomische Studien über Blattstellungen nebst Betrachtungen über den Schalenbau der Miliolinen / von G. van Iterson Jun.

Leaves of birch (Betula species). Pen drawing with pencil.

A plant (Senecio kaempferi): variegated leaf and entire potted plant. Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews, c. 1861, after himself.

Seven leaves of different forms, including dandelion, rose, poppy, nasturtium and potato. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.

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Mathematische und mikroskopisch-anatomische Studien über Blattstellungen nebst Betrachtungen über den Schalenbau der Miliolinen / von G. van Iterson Jun.

Leaves of birch (Betula species). Pen drawing with pencil.

Autumn leaves of hawthorn (Crataegus). Watercolour drawing.

A plant (Senecio kaempferi): variegated leaf and entire potted plant. Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews, c. 1861, after himself.

Seven leaves of different forms, including dandelion, rose, poppy, nasturtium and potato. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.