154 FORMS OF LEAVES. 



which has a variable, or not very de- 

 cided, form, with others that are pre- 

 cisely round, ovate, linear, &c. 



Spatulatum, spatulate, of a roundish fi- 

 gure tapering into an oblong base, as 

 in Silene Otites, Fl. Brit. Engl. Bot. 

 t.So. 



Cuneiforme, wedge-shaped, broad and ab- 

 rupt at the summit, and tapering down 

 to the base, as in Saxifraga cunei folia. 



Lanceolatum, lanceolate, of a narrow ob- 

 long form, tapering towards each end, 

 very common, as Tulipa syhestris^ EngL 

 Bot. t. 63, Lithospermum purpuro- 

 caruletim, t. 117, Plant ago la?iceolata> 

 t. 507 , many Willows, &c. 



Linear e 9 linear, narrow with parallel sides, 

 as those of most Grasses ; also Genii ana 

 Pneumonanthe, t. 20, and Narcissus 

 Pseudo-narcissus, t. 17- 



Acerosum, needle-shaped, linear and ever- 

 green, generally acute and rigid, as in 

 the Fir, Pinus, Juniper, Juniperus com- 

 munis, t. 1100, and Yew, Taxus bac- 

 cata 9 t. 746. Linnaeus observes, Phih 

 Bot. 219, that this kind of leaf has, for 



