msERTION OF LEAVES. 129 



tufa, Exot. Bot. t. 41, Cotyledon Umbilicus, EiigL 

 Bot. t. 325, Hydrocotyle vulgaris, (51) t. 751, 

 and the noble Cyamus Nelumbo, Exot, Bot.t. 31, 



32. 



Sessilia, sessile, are such as spring immediately from 

 the stem, branch or root, without any footstalk, as in 

 Anchusa sempervire?is, Engl. Bot. t. 45, and Pingui- 

 cula vulgaris, t. 70. (52) 



Amplexicaidia, f. 32, clasping the stem with their base, 

 as the upper leaves of Glaucium luteum, t. 8, Gentia- 

 na campestris, t. 237, and Humea elegans, Exot. Bot. 

 t. 1. (53) 



Connata,/. 17, connate, united at their base, as Chlora 

 perfoliata, Engl. Bot. t. 60, whose leaves are conna- 

 to-perfoliata. 



Perfoliata,/. 2>o, perfoliate, when the stem runs through 

 the leaf, as Bupleurum rotufidifolium, t. 99, and the 

 Uvularits, Exot. Bot. t. 49, 50, 51.(54) 



Faginanfia, f. 34, sheathing the stem or each other, as 

 in most grasses ; see Phleum Alpinum^ Engl. Bot. t. 



(51) [Penny wort.] 



(52) [Sessile leaves are very common, as in many of the ge- 

 nus Solidago, Golden Rod ; &c.] 



(53) [Clasping- leaves are exemplified in many of the Star- 

 worts or Asters, as in Aster A''ov(Z Anglix and am/ilexicaulis.'] 



(54) [The veins or nerves of a leaf will generally determine 

 whether it be a single, perfoliate leaf, as in U-vularia ficrfoliata ; 

 or double and connate, as oecurs in different degrees in the up 

 per leaves of the Trumpet Honeysuckle, Loniccra sem/iervivens^ 

 in Fever Wort, Triosteufn fierfoliatuniy and in Rudbeckia Amfilex^ 

 ifolia, where the connexion is slight.] 



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