MARGINS OF LEAVES. \6l 



mites, t. 401, and Scirpus maritimus, 

 t. 542. 



Obtusum cum acumine, blunt with a small 

 point, as Stance Limonium, t. 102. 



JMucronatum or Cuspidatum, sharp-point- 

 ed, tipped with a rigid spine, as in 

 the Thistles, t. 107, t. 386, &c, Rus- 

 cus aculeatus, t. 560, and Melaleuca 

 nodosa, Exot. Bot< t. 35. 



Cirrosum, cirrose, tipped with a tendril, 

 as in Gloriosa superba, Andr. Repos. 

 t. 129- 



The different Margins of Leaves are cha- 

 racterized as follows. 



Eolium integer rimum, an entire leaf, as in 

 the Orchis and Lily tribe, as well as 

 Poli/gala vulgaris, Engl. Bot. t. 76, 

 Daphne Laureola, t. 119, &c. 



This term is opposed to all kinds of 

 teeth, notches, or incisions. It regards 

 solely the margin of a leaf; whereas in- 

 tegrum, p. 152, respects its whole shape, 

 and has nothing to do with the man>iu. 

 English writers who translate the one 

 entire, and the other very entire arc 

 the re fo re i n c o rre c t . 

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