SUBSTANCE, kc. OF LEAVES. 145 



emargmafu??i, Dill. Elth. t. 197, f. 250, and bicolor- 

 um, t. 202, also Saxtfroga burserlana, 

 Tetragonum, f. iOO, four-edged, having four prominent 



angles, as Iris tuberosa^ FL Groec. t. Al. 

 Lingulatum, tongue-shaped, of a thick, oblong, blunt 

 figure, generally cartilaginous at the edges, as Mesem- 

 bryanthemum linguiforme, Dendrobiiivi lingiiiforme^ 

 Exot. Bot. 1. 11, and several species of Saxijraga, as 

 S. miitata, Curt. Mag. t. 351, aS*. Cotyledon, &c, 

 Membranaceum, membranous, of a thin and pliable tex- 

 ture, as in Aristolochia Sipho, t. 534, Rubusodoratiis^ 

 (78) t. 323, Magnolia purpurea, t. 390, &c, 

 Coriaceum^ leathery, thick, tough and somewhat rigid, 

 as Magnolia grandijiora,{19) and Hydrangea hortejisis, 

 Sm. Ic. Pict. t. 12, Curt, Mag. t. 438. 

 Sempervirens, evergreen, permanent through one, tvvo„ 

 or more winters, so that the branches are never strip 

 ped, as the Ivy, the Fir, the Cherry Laurel, the Bay,&c. 

 Deciduum, deciduous, falling off at the approach of win- 

 ter, as in most European trees and shrubs! 

 Alienatum,f. 101, alienated, when the first leaves of a 

 plant give place to others totally different from them , 

 and from the natural habit of the genus, as in many 

 Mimosts of New Holland ; see M. verticillata. Curt. 

 Mag. t. no, and myrtifolia, t. 302 / also Lathyrus 

 Nissolia, Engl. Bot. t. 112. The germination of this 

 last plant requires investigation, for if its first leaves 

 be pinnated, it is exactly a parallel case with the New 

 Holland Mimosce. 



(78) [Flowering Raspberry, native, as also the preceding.] 



(79) [Big Laurel of the Southern states.T 

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