INfEHTlON OF X.r.AVT.S, Hg 



lower leavos of l^ailinicnha^ aquatU'ti^, 

 t. 101, wliile its upper htg J'olia natantia. 

 Efficrsd, raised above the water, as the 

 upper leaves, accompanying the flowers, 

 ' of Mi/riophyl/njfi verticillatu/rty i. 218, 

 while its lower ones are demersa. 



2. By Insertion is meant the mode in Mhieh 

 one part of a plant is connected with an- 

 other. 



Folia pcfiolafa, leaves on footstalks, are 

 such as are furnished with that organ, 

 whether long or short, simple or coin- 

 pound, as Verhascum Jiigru/n, EngL 

 Bof. t, .59? Thalictrum rnimin, t. 11, 

 alphniw, f. 26'2, &c. 

 Pelfata,/. 3 1 , })eltate, when the footstalk is 

 inserted into the middle of the leaf, like 

 the arm of a man holding a .shield, as in 

 the Common Nasturtium, Tropaohnn 

 majiis. Curt. Mug. t, 23, Drosera pel' 

 f(tta, Exot, Bot. t.4l, Cotijkdon Um- 

 hilicust EngL Bot. t. 325, Ihfdrocotijlc 

 vulgaris, t.'Y5l, and the noble C?/i<'//////.s' 

 Nchimbo, Exot. Bot. L 31, 32. - 

 SessUia, sessile, are such as spriiig imme- 



