■J48 .HtUATlOll AND POSITION OF LEAVES, 



J.ncnrva^ or inficxa^ curved inward, a,"? 

 Jliricaempefrifolia, f. 447. 



ObUqua, twisted, so that one part of each 

 leaf is vertical, the other horizontal, as 

 Fritillaria obliqua, t. 857? '«ind some of 

 the large Frotea;. 



Ixcsupinata, reversed, when the upper 

 surface is turned downward, as Phurus 

 kiti/olius, Broziiies Jamaica^ t. 38. 

 Linn. Mss., and Ahiraemeria pelegrinay 

 Curt. Mag. t. 139. 



DepressGf radical leaves pressed close to 

 the ground, as Vlantago mcdh, Engl. 

 Bot. t. 1559, 'dud P. Coronopifs, t. 892. 

 The same term applied to stem-leaves, 

 expresses their shape only, as being 

 vertically flattened, in opposition to 

 co?npres.s(i. 



'Natantia^ floating, on the surface of the 

 water, as Nympiuea hi tea, t, lo9> and 

 Ma, t. 1 60, and Fotainogeton natansy 

 and many water plants. 



Dcmersa, iminersa, or suhmcrsa, plunged 

 under water, as Potamogeton perfulia- 

 tmn, t. 1()8, llottonia palustris, t. 364, 

 LoheUa Dortmanna, t, 140, _ and the 



