130 SUBSTANCE, ETC. OF LEAVES. 



8. The following terms express the substance, pecu- 

 liar configuration, or any other remaining circum- 

 stances of leaves, not already explained. 

 Tei^es, f, 93, cylindrical, as those of Concilium 



gibbosum, fVhites Voijage, t. 22, f, 2 ; see 



Cavamlles Iconcs, t. 533 and .534. 

 ScmicyUndraceum, f. 94, semicylindrical, fiat on 



one side, as Salsola fruticosa, EngL Bot. t. 63 J, 



and Chenopodium maritimiim^ t. G33. 

 Subulatum,f. 95, awl-shaped, tapering from'a thick- 



ish base to a point, as Salsola Kali, t. 634. 

 Tidmlosum, tubular, hollow within, as Allium Cepa, 



the Common Onion. The leaf of Lobelia Dort- 



mamia, Engl. Bot. t. 140, is very peculiar in 



consisting of a double tube, f. 96. 

 Caniosum,f. 98, fieshy, of a thick pulpy substance, 



as in all those called succulent plants, Crassula 



lactea, E.vot. Bot, t. 33, Aloe, Sedum, Mesem- 



bryanthemum, &c. See Sempervivum tectorumy 



Engl Bot, t. 1320. 

 Gibbum, gibbous, swelling on one side or both, 



from excessive abundance of pulp, as Aloe retustty 



Ctirt. Mag. t. 455. 

 Compressum, f. 98, compressed, fiattened laterally, 



as Mesembryanthemum uncinatum, Dill. Elth. 



t. 193, and acinaciforme, t. 211. 

 Depressum, depressed, flattened vertically, as M. 



Unguifoinne, t. 183 — 185. See/?. 114. 

 Canaliculatum, f. 97 ^ channelled, having a longi- 



