SHAPES OF LEAVES 



143 



a. wing 

 petcul. 



FIG. 28 

 IMPATIENS CHINENSIS, L. 



elliptic if tapering off at each end and broadest at 

 the middle like an ellipse. As in VINCA ROSEA, and 

 IXORA PARVIFLORA, PLUMERIA ACUTIFOLIA (fig. 26), 

 FICUS NITIDA, Roxb. (fig. 29). 



