INSERTION OF LEAVES. 1 15 



Feltata,f. 31, peltate, when the footstalk is inserted 

 into the middle of the leaf, like the arm of a 

 man holding a shield, as in the common Nastur- 

 tium, Tropceolam majus, Curt. Mag. t. 23, 

 Drosera pelt at a, E.vot. Bot. t. 41, Cotyledon 

 Umbilicus, Engl. Bot. t, S9.5, Hydrocotyle "vul- 

 garis, t. 751, and the noble Cyamus Nelumbo, 

 E.vot. Bot. /. 31, 32. 



Sessilia, sessile, are such as spring immediately from 

 the stem, branch or root, without any footstalk, 

 as in Anchusa sempervirens, Engl, Bot. t, 45,. 

 and Pinguicula t'ulgaris, t. 70. 



AmplexicauUa, f. 32, clasping the stem with their 

 base, as the upper leaves of Glaucium luteiiniy 

 t. 8, Gentiana campestris, t. 237, and Hiimea 

 elegansy E.vot. Bot. t. I. , 



Connata, f. 17, connate, united at their base, as 

 Chlora perfoUgita, Engl. Bot. t. 60, whose leaves 

 are connato-perfoUata. 



PerfoUata, f. 33^ perfoliate, when the stem runs 

 through the leaf, as Bupleurum rotundifoUum, 

 t. 99, and the Uvulariai, Exot. Bot. t. 49, 50, 5 1 . 



Vaginantia,f. 34, sheathing the stem, or each other, 

 as in most Grasses; see PJikum alpinum, Engl. 

 Bot. t. 519, and Arimdo arenaria,t. 520. The 

 same character is found in many of the Orchis 

 tribe, as Satyrium albidum, t. 505. 



Equitantia, f, 'oSy equitant, disposed in two oppo- 

 site rows and clasping each other by their com- 

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