124 MARGINS OF LEAVES. 



Cirrosum^f. 76, cirrose, tipped with a tendril, as in 

 Gloriosa supej^ha, Andr, Repos. t. 129. 



6, The different Margins of Leaves are characterized 

 as follows. 



Folium integerrmum, f. 39, an entire leaf, as in the 

 Orchis and Lily tribe, as well as Polijgala vul- 

 gains y Engl. Bot, t.76, Dapluie Laureola, t. 119, 

 &c. 



This term is opposed to all kinds of teeth, 

 notches, or incisions. It regards solely the margin 

 of a leaf ; whereas integrum, /;. 1 1 7, respects its 

 whole shape, and has nothing to do with the 

 margin. English writers who translate the one 

 entire, and the other "verij entire, are therefore 

 incorrect. 



Spinosum, f. 77, spinous, beset with prickles, as 

 Carduus lanceolatus, t. 1 07, and Eryngium cam- 

 pest re, t. 57. The veins are spinous in Solanum 

 Pyracantha, Exot. Bot. t. 64, &c. 



lnerme,f. 71, unarmed, is opposed to spinous. 



Ciliatum, f. 78, fringed, bordered with soft parallel 

 hairs, as Galium cruciatum, Engl. Bot.t. 143. 



Cartilagineum, [cartilaginous, hard and horny, as 

 Saxijraga callosa, Dicks. Dr. PI. n. 63. 



Dentatum, f. 79, toothed, beset with projecting, 

 horizontal, rather distant teeth of its own sub- 

 stance, as Atriplea; laciniata, Engl, Bot. t. 1 65, 

 Hijpoclictris maculatUy t. 225, and the lower 



