SUBSTANCE, &.c. OF LEAVES. 143 



§, The following terms express the substance, peculiar 



configuration, or any other remaining circumstances 



of leaves, not already explained. 

 J'eres.f. 93, cylindrical, as those of Conchium gibbosum^ 



White's Voyage^ t. 22. y^ 2 >• see Cavanllles Icones^ 



t. 533, and 534. 

 Semicylindmceum^ f. 94, semicylindrical, fiat on one 



side, as Salsola fruticosa, Engl. Bot. t. 635, and 



Chenopodium maritimufn, t. 633. 

 Sabulatum^f. 95, awlshaped, tapering from a thickish 



base to a point, as Saisola Kal'i^ t. 634. (75) 

 Tuhulosum^ tubular, hollow within, as Allium Cepa^ the 



Common Onion. The leaf of Lobelia Dortmanna^ 



Engl. Bot. t. 140, is very peculiar in consisting of a 



double tube,yi 96. 

 Carnosum, /.98, fleshy, of a thick pulpy substance, as in 



all those called succulent plants, Crassula lactea, Exo. 



Bot. t. 33, Aloe., Sediim., Mesembryantheraum, &c. 



See, Semperviviim tectorum., Engl. Bot. t. 1320. 

 Gibbum., gibbous, swelling on one side or both, from 



excessive abundance of pulp, as Aloe retusa, Curt. 



Mag. t. i55. 

 Compressum, f. 98, compressed, flattened laterally, as 



Mesembryanthemum uncinatum^ Dill. Elth. t. 198, 



and acinaciforme^ t, 211. 

 Depressum, depressed, flattened vertically, as M. lingui- 



forme, t. 183—185. See/>. 127. 

 Qanaliculatum, f. 97, channelled, having a longitudinal 



furrow, as M. pugioniforme, t. 210, Plantago mari- 



(75) [Saltwort.] 



