KINDS AND FORMS OF LEAVES. 



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lietuse ; having a blunt or rounded apex slightly indented, as in Fig. 109. 



Emarginate, or Notched; as if a notch were cut out of the apex; Fig. 110. 



Ohcordate, or Inversely heart-shaped ; that is, with the strong notch at the apex 

 instead of the base, as in Fig. Ill and the leaflets of White Clover. 



Cuspidate ; tipped with a rigid or sharp and narrow point, as in Fig. 112. 



Miicronate ; abruptly tipped with a short and weak point, like a small projection 

 of the midrib, as in Fig. 113. 



Awned, Awn-pointed, or Ari state ; tipped with a long bristle-shaped appendage, 

 like the beard {awn) of Oats, &c. 



112 113 



Apex of 

 Leaves : 



Pointed. Acute. Obtuse. Truncate. Retuse. 



Notched. 



Obcordate. Cuspidate. Mucronate. 



138. As to the margin, whether whole, toothed, or cut, leaves are said to be 



Entire ; when the margin is an even line, as in Fig. 99 to 102. 



Toothed ; when beset with teeth or small indentations ; of this there are two or 

 three varieties, as, 



Serrate or Saw -toothed ; wh^n lu us us nr ns 119 



the teeth turn forwards, like 

 those of a saw, as in Fig. 114. 



Dentate ; when they point 

 outward, as in Fig. 115. 



Crenate ; when scalloped in- 



to broad and rounded teeth, as r 

 in Fig. 116. 



Wavy {Repand or Undulate) ; t 

 ' when the margin bends slightly \ Xi^J 

 in and out, as in Fig. 117. 



Sinuate ; strongly wayy or 

 sinuous, as in Fig. 118. 



Incised or Jagged ; cut into deep and irregular, jagged teeth or incisions, as in 

 Fig. 119. This leads to truly 



139. lobed or Cleft Leaves, &c. : those with the blade cut up, as it were, into parts, 

 i. e. lohes or divisions. In a general way, such leaves are said to be lohed ; and the 



Serrate. Dentate. Crenate. Wavy. Sinuate. Incised or Jagged. 



