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forme), i/., when the apex is broad and rounded, 

 and the base deeply hollowed out. A leaf is 

 termed palmated (palmatum), , when it is cleft 

 into oblong or finger-like lobes, not, however, ex- 

 tending to the base; but leaving an entire flat 

 space, which has been likened to the palm of the 

 hand. Laciniated or incised (laciniatum sen sec- 

 turn) , s, when it is cut into numerous irregular 



divisions, which are termed segments. Parted 

 (partitum), i., when the clefts reach nearly to 

 the base : and according to the number of these, 

 the leaf is said to be bipartitum, tripartitwn, qua- 

 dripartitum, qmnquepartitum, multipartitum. It 

 is said to be cloven (fissum), when the margins of 

 the segments are nearly straight lines : and accord- 

 ing to the number of the clefts the leaf is termed 

 bifidum, trifidum, multifidam^ x. (page 491), &c. 

 Runcinate (runcinatum) , A, signifies that the ex- 

 pansion is deeply cut into many transverse acute- 

 angled segments, the points of which tend to- 

 wards the base of the leaf. When the segments 

 are deeper, and more regular and distant from 



