[Talk] Voynich Talk Episode 1, part 1: A plant is not B plant

[Bernd]

I think we must discern 2 things - peltate leaves (with a central connection of the stalk) tend to radiate out in a more or less circular way from this connection for physiological reasons. They are either roundish or fingered. I would not know of a narrow leaf with a connection in the middle that spreads out in 2 opposite directions from that connection. Leaflets do but not singular leaves. We could however see sagittate (arrow-shaped) leaves which are quite common in the VM exhibiting this feature, but we don't.

   

The other thing are drawings in which the stalk goes inside the leaf blade like the artist wants to show the underside of the leaf. There is no reason why this should not be possible for almost all leaf shapes. But again we only see it in roundish or fingered leaves.

By the way, Currier B page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. written by scribe 2 also has prominent leaf venation including a mid-vein!