SUBSTANCE, SiC. OF LF.AVES. I7I 



hnfanthemiim acinaciformc above men- 

 tioned. 

 DolabriJ'orme, f. 98, hatchet-shaped, com- 

 pressed, Mith a very prominent cUlated 

 keel, and a cyhndrical base, as M, dola^ 

 briforme. Dill. Elih. ^ IQl, Curt, Mag. 

 U 32. 

 These two last terms might well be spared, 

 as they seem contrived only for the plants in 

 question, and indeed are Hot essentially di- 

 stinct from each other." 



Trip^onum^f. 99? three-edged, having three 

 longitudinal sideS and as many anoles, 

 hke il/. deltoides, Bill. Eltli. t. 195, 

 Linn.Fhil. Bot. i, 1, f. 58. Linnaeus 

 has erroneously referred to this flsrure to 

 illustrate his term deltoides ; misled, as 

 rt should seem, by the name of the plant 

 to which it belongs ; but his definition 

 is foreign to the purpose, see p. 155, 

 and alludes to the outline of a flat leaf. 

 Triquetntm differs from triiionum only in 

 being used by Linnicus for a three-sided 

 awl-shaped leaf, as M, emargi?iafum. 

 Dill. Eltli. t. 197, f. '250,midbicolonim, 

 t. 202, also Sen if ruga burseriana. 

 Tctragonum,/, 100, four-cdgetl, having four 



