154 FORMS OF LEAVES. 



which has a variable, or not vcrv dc- 

 cid€=d, form, with others that arc pre- 

 cisely round, ovate, hnear, Sec. 



Spaiulatmn,f. 4Sj spatulate, of a roundish 

 figure tapering into an oblong base, as 

 m Silene Olites, Fl. Brit. Engl. Bot. t. 85. 



Ciineiforme^ f. 44, wedge-shaped, broad 

 and abrupt at the summit, and tapering 

 down to the base, as in Saiifraga cu- 

 ve if oil a. 



Lanceolatum,f. 45, lanceolate, of a narrow 

 oblong form, tapering towards each end, 

 very common, as Tulipa si/hestris, Engl. 

 Bof. f. 63, Liihosperynum purpuro- 

 ccErideum, t. 117, Fiantago lanceolafa, 

 t. 507, many WiilowSj &c. 



Lineare,f. 46, linear, narrow with parallel 

 sides, as those of most Grasses ; also 

 Gentiana Pncumonanthe, t. 20, and 

 Narcissus Fseudo-?iarcissuSj t. 17. 



Acerosum, f. 47? needle-shaped, linear and 

 evergreen, generally acute and rigid, as 

 in the Fir, Finns, Juniper, Juniperus 

 communis, t. 1100, and Yew, Taxusbac- 

 caia, t. 746. Linnaeus observes, FhiL 

 Bot.2\9, that this kind of leaf has, for 



