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long (oblongum), when the length exceeds the 

 breadth at least more than three times, with the 

 ends generally rounded: but the base and apex 

 may be variously defined ; " and this term," as Sir 

 J. E. Smith justly remarks, " is used with great 

 " latitude." Oval or elliptical (ovale vel ellip- 

 ticum), /., when it is twice as long as it is broad, 

 and is nearly equally rounded at both extremities. 

 Ovate (ovatum), m., when the length is greater 

 than the breadth, with both extremities rounded, 

 but the base much broader than the apex. Obovate 

 (obovatum),n. } when it has the ovate shape reversed ; 



and is consequently attached by the narrower ex- 

 tremity. Roundish (subrotundum) , o., when it ap- 

 proaches to the circular figure. Circular (orbicu- 

 lare),p., when its length and breadth are equal and 

 the circumference is a circular line. Crescent- 

 shaped (lunulatum s. semilunatum), q., when it is 

 curved, as the name implies, like a crescent: whe- 

 ther the footstalk be inserted into the concave or 

 the convex edge of the crescent. Angled (angu- 



