156 FORMS OP LEAVES. 



Epit. 715, and Trillium erectum, Curt, 

 Mag. t. 470. 



Reniforme, kidney-shaped, a short, broad > 

 roundish leaf, whose base is hollowed 

 out, as Asarum europcsum, Engl. Bot. 

 t. 1083, and Sibthorpia europcea, t. 649. 



Cor 'datum , heart-shaped, according to the 

 vulgar idea of a heart; that is, ovate 

 hollowed out at the base, as Tamus 

 communis, f..-9-L 



Lunulatum, crescent-shaped, like a half- 

 moon, whether the points are directed 

 towards the stalk, or from it, as Passi- 

 flora lunata, Sm. Ic. Pict. t. 1. 



Sagittatum, arrow-shaped, triangular, hol- 

 lowed out very much at the base, as 

 Sagittaria sagittifolia, Engl Bot. t, 84. 

 and Rumex Acetosa, t. 127- 



Sometimes the posterior angles are cut 

 off, as in Convolvulus septum, t. 313. 



Hastatum, halberd-shaped, triangular, hol- 

 lowed out at the base and sides, but 

 with spreading lobes, as Rumex Aceto- 

 sella, t. 1674, Antirrhinum Elatine, 

 t. 692, and the upper leaves of Solanum 

 Dulcamara, t. 565. 



