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GENERAL BOTANY 



lanceolate if 



several times as 

 long as broad, 

 tapering off at 

 each end, with 

 the broadest part 

 on the stalk side 

 of the middle, 

 as in N E R I U M 



D o R u M and 



G L O R I O S A 

 SUPERBA (fig. 



22). 



Noblanceolate 

 if of a similar 

 shape to the last 

 but the broadest 

 part on the other 

 side of the 

 middle, nearer 

 the point. (Cf. 



1 e a fl e t s of 



CALAMUS, fig. 



21). 



ovate if like lanceolate, but hardly twice as long 

 as broad, like an egg, as in FICUS BENGALENSIS 

 (the Banyan), CROTALARIA RUBIGINOSA (fig. 30), 

 ABUTILON INDICUM (fig. 31) and figs. 34, 35. 



obovate if of the same shape, but with the 

 broadest part nearer the tip, as in TECTONA GRANDIS 

 (the Teak tree), in CAREYA ARBOREA, LIPPIA (fig. 24) 

 and CAPPARIS (fig. 18). 



FIG. 29 

 FICUS NITIDA, Roxb. 



