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Fig. 5 1 - J cor " 

 date leaf; 2, ovate 

 leaf. 



Fig. 52. i, sagit- 

 tate; 2, auriculate; 

 3, halberd shaped. 



Fig. 53- 7, lanceo- 

 late leaf; 8, linear; 

 9, oblanceolate; 10, 

 spatulate. 



Fig. 54. Apex of leaves: i, 3, types 

 of obcordate leaves; 2, emarginate; 4, . 

 truncate. 



Fig. 55- 3, ellipti- 

 cal; 4, oblong leaf; 

 5,obovate; 6,cuneate 

 or wedge shaped. 



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Fig. 56. Apex of leaves: 5, obtuse 

 leaf; 6, acute; 7, acuminate; 8, 9, 

 mucronate. 



Fig .57 7 shield-shaped leaf; 8, acutely three-lobed leaf; 9, 

 tate palmately lobed leaf of castor oil; 10, ix, types of palmately com- 

 pound leaves. 



