SUBSTANCE, &C. OF LEAVES. \f)Q 



8. The following terms express the substance, 

 peculiar configuration, or any other re- 

 maining circumstances of leaves, not al- 

 ready explained. 



Teres, cylindrical, as those of Concilium 

 gibbosum, White s Voyage, t. 22. f. 2 ; 

 see Cavanilles Icones, t. 533, and 

 534. 

 Semicylindraceum, semicylindrical, flat on 

 one side, as Salsola fructicosa, EngL 

 Bot. t. 635, and Chenopodium mariti- 

 mum, t. 633. 

 Subulatum, awlshaped, tapering from a 

 thickish base to a point, as Salsola Kali, 

 t. 634. 

 Tubuloswn, tubular, hollow within, as Al- 

 lium Cepa, the Common Onion. The 

 leaf of Lobelia Dortmanna, EngL Hot. 

 t. 140, is very peculiar in consisting of 

 a double tube. 

 Carnosum, fleshy, of a thick pulpy substance, 

 as in all those called succulent plants, 

 Crassula lactea, Exot. Bot. t. 33, 

 Aloe, Sedum, Mesembryanthemum, &c. 

 See Sempervivum tectorum, Engl. Bot. 

 t. 1320. 

 Gibbum, gibbous, swelling on one side or 



