BOTANY. 17 



ENDS OF LEAVES. 



26. Emarginate. Notched at the termination of the midrib. 



27. Refuse. Emarginate with a shallow sinus. 



28. Obtuse. Having the apex of the leaf more or less 

 rounded. 



29. JHcute. Terminating in an angle, that is not rounded. 



SURFACES OF LEAVES. 



1. Hairy, Having distinct strait hairs. 



2. Downy. Covered with fine cotton-like down. 



3. Silky. Covered with soft close-pressed hairs. 



4. Bristly. Set with stiff hairs. 



5. Ciliate. Edged With parallel hairs of bristles, resem- 

 bling eye-lashes. 



6. Nerved. Furnished with midrib-like fibres running 

 from the base to the apex. 



7. Veined. Having tendinous fibres variously branched. 



POSITIONS OF LEAVES. 



1. Dectirrent. When two edges of the leaf extend along* 

 the stem below the place of insertion* 



2. Clasping. Sessile with the base more or less heart- 

 form, so as entirely or in part to surround the stem. 



3. Sheathing. With the leaf prolonged down the stem, so 

 as to cover it, in the manner of the grasses. 



4. Ferfoliate. Having the stem passing through the leaf. 



5. Connate. Leaves opposite, with then-bases united. 



6. Peltate. With the foot -stalk attached to the lower side 

 of the leaf, so as to resemble a shield. 



7. Opposite. Standing at the same height with base a- 

 gainst base. 



8* Whorled. Surrounding the stem in horizontal rings or 

 rows. 



9. Imbricate. Lying over each other like shingles on a 

 roof. 



10. Fascicled. Growing in bunches from the same point. 



11. Radical. Proceeding immediately from the root. 



COMPOUND LEAVES. 



K Ternate. Having three leafets proceeding from the 

 end of one petiole. 



2. alternate. Twice ternate; when the petiole is ternatej. 

 and each division bears three leafets. 



3. Triternate. Three times ternate. 



