J 72 SUBSTANCE, &CC. OF LEAVES. 



minent angles, as Lis tuberosa, FL 

 GrcBc. t. 41. 



Lingulatum, tongue-shaped, of a thick, 

 oblong, blunt figure, generally cartila- 

 ginous at the edges, as Mesembryan- 

 themam linguiforme, Dendrobium lin- 

 guiforme, Exot. Bot. t. 11, and several 

 species of Saxifrage, as S.mntata, Curt. 

 Mag. t. 351, S. Cotyledon, &c. 



Membranaccmn, membranous, of a thin 

 and pliable texture, as in Aristolochia 

 Sipho, t. 534, Rubus odoratus, t. 323, 

 Magnolia purpurea, t. 390, &c. 



Coriaceuftiy leathery, thick, tough and 

 somewhat rigid, as Magnolia grandi- 

 jlora, and Hydrangea hortensis, Sm. Ic. 

 Pict. 1. 12, Curt. Mag. t. 438. 

 Sempervirens, evergreen, permanent through 

 one, two, or more winters, so that the 

 branches are never stripped, as the Ivy, 

 the Fir, the Cherry Laurel, the Bay, &c. 



Deciduum, deciduous, falling off at the 

 approach of winter, as in most European 

 trees and shrubs. 



Alienatum, alienated, when the first leaves 

 of a plant give place to others totally 

 different from them and from the na- 



