1.   A leaf was on the ground, curling up at the edges.

2.   A tea leaf was a thief, in rhyming slang.

3.   For one thing, flowers do not readily fossilize - and leaves alone can be misleading.

4.   If the plant grows emersed, the leaves are dark green, stiff, leathery, sappy and very acutely branched.

5.   It was autumn and the leaves were already rusty brown.

6.   Leaves are a rich source of vitamin C and the vitamin is particularly concentrated within chloroplasts, the organelles of photosynthesis.

7.   Leaves are stiff and thick, light to dark green, and crossed by yellow stripes in some species.

8.   Some cooks use only dried bay, but fresh leaves are also good, used in greater quantity.

9.   The birch leaves were delicately pale, almost lemon-colored.