I.] 



FL IVER-LEA VES. 



alsence of a stalk, whether that stalk be a petiole (which 

 is the stalk of a foliage-leaf only) or not. 



The blade may be entire, or more or less divided into 

 segme?its, or into separate pieces called leaflets. All the 

 foliage-leaves have the blade spread out more or less hori- 

 zontally, and they are all coloured green. They may be 

 hairy, or glabrous , that is, destitute of hairs. 



We find, then, the foliage-leaves to be borne by, and around, 

 the stem ; they are thin, coloured green, and consist of petiole 

 and blade, or of blade only : the blade being spread out 

 horizontally. We now come to the examination of the — 



Fig. 2. 0T2iWge [Citrtcs Anj-anitum). 



4. Flower; and as the structure of the flower varies very 

 much in different kinds of Indian annun.l weeds, it will be 



