170 SUBSTANCE, &C. OE LEAVES. 



both, from excessive abundance of pulp_, 

 as Aloe retusa, Cart, Mag. t. 455. 

 Compressam, compressed, flattened late- 

 rally, as Mesembryanthemum uncina- 

 turn, DHL Elth. t. 193, and acinaci- 

 forme, t. 211. 

 Depressant, depressed, flattened vertically, 

 a.sM.li?iguiforme, t. 183—185. Seep. 148. 

 Canaliculatum, channelled, having a lon- 

 gitudinal furrow, as M. pugioniforme, 

 t. 210, Plant ago maritima, Engl Bot, 

 t. 175, and Narcissus poeticus, t, 275. 

 Carinatum, keeled, when the back is lon- 

 gitudinally prominent, as Narcissus bi* 

 floras t. 276. 

 Ensiforme, sword-shaped, is a two-edged 

 leaf, tapering to a point, slightly convex 

 on both surfaces, neither of which can 

 properly be called upper or under, as in 

 most of the genus Iris. See Cart. Mag. 

 t t 671, t. 9, &c, and EL Grtec. t. 39 

 and 40. 

 Anceps, two-edged, is much the same as 



the last. 

 Acinaciforme, scimitar-shaped, compress- 

 ed, with one thick and straight edge, 

 the other thin and curved, as Mesem- 



