Translations:Benutzer:Arian/Klett-Mini-Test/1495/en

The high driving force of the leaves proceeds from the plastically prominent central rib, which likewise carries milky sap. To this the blade attaches itself, narrowing from top to bottom as it accompanies the long leaf stalk. In the leaf sequence, the blade is elongated and roundish in the upper portion from the cotyledons onward. Soon, however, the driving force strongly pressing outward into the blade meets the damming or form-force working inward from without. In powerful pointed teeth — "lion's teeth" — it thrusts outward, and as an equal and opposite reaction suffers deep indentations inward. The result is the image of a forceful, partially discordant on both sides, bizarre