170 SUBSTANCE, &C. OF LEAVES, 



both, from excessive abundance of pulp, 

 as Aloe retma. Curt. Mag, t. 455. 

 Compressum^f, 9B, compressed, flattened 

 laterally, as Mtsemhryanthemnm iinclna- 

 tiim^ Dill. Elth. t, 193, #and acinaci- 

 forme, t. 211. 

 Depressum, depressed, flattened vertically, 

 asil/. linguiforme^t.lSS—lSoSeep. 148. 

 Canaliculatum^f. 97? channelled, having a 

 longitudinal farrow, as M.pugiomforme, 

 t. 210, Vlantago maritlma^ Engl. Bot, 

 f. 175, and Narcisms poeticus, t. 275. 

 Carinatum, keeled, when tlie back is lon- 

 gitudinally prominent, as Narcissus hi- 

 florus, 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 Curt. Mag. 

 f. 671, ^. 9,&c., and FL Grcec, t.39 

 and 40. 

 Anceps, two-edged, is much the same as 



the last. 

 Acinaciforme^ scimitar-shaped, compress- 

 ed, with one thick and straigiit edge, 

 the other thin and curved, as Mcsem^ 



