138 FORMS OP LEAVES. 



Fcrrtitum,/. 63^ deeply divided, nearly to 

 the base, as IlcUeborus viridis, Engl. 

 Bof, t. 200. 



Bipartitwn, iripartitum^ multipartitumy 

 according to the number of the divisions. 



Lacimatum^f, 64, laciniated, cut into nu- 

 merous n'rcgular portions, as Ranunculus 

 parvijlorus, 1. 120, and Geranium cohau- 

 Oinum, t. 2o9» 



Incisum, and Dmectuniy cut, are nearly 

 synonymous with the last. 



It is remarked by Linnteus that aqua- 

 tic plants have their lower, and moun- 

 tainous ones their upper, leaves most 

 divided, by which they better resist the 

 action oi the stream in one case, and of 

 wind in the other. Probably these ac- 

 tions are in some measure the causes of 

 such configurations. 



Palmatum^ f. Q5, palmate, cut into several 

 oblong, nearly equal segments, about half 

 way, or rather more, towards the base, 

 leaving an entire space like the palm of 

 the hand, as Fassijiora ccerulea^ Curt. 

 Mag. t. 28. 



Finnatlfidum, /, 66, pinnatifid, cut trans- 



