GLOSSARY OF 



'ALMATIFID : when the edge of a pahnatelj^ -veined leaf is very 

 deeply lobed (Fig. 67). 



'ectinate : when the edge somewhat resembles tlie teeth of 

 a comb. 



iYRATE : pinnatifid, with a very large lobe at the end (Fig. 05). 



bUXClNATE : pinnatifid, with the lobes pointing backwards, 

 as in Dandelion (Fig. 68). 



*EUATE : palmatifid, with the lobes at the base two-cleft 

 (Fig. 69). 



lULTiFii) : cut into many fine segments or lobes, as in Milfoil. 



tex. 



lCUMINATE : running out to a long slender point (Fig. 70). 

 lCUTE : making an acute angle (Fig. 71). 

 )btl'SE : making an obtuse angle ; blunt (Fig. 72). 

 'runcate : as if tlie end were cut off square (Fig. 73). 

 Ietuse : with the end slightlj' indented (Fig. 74). 

 Lmauginate : with a distinct notch (Fig. 75j. 



)bcordate : rather doepl}- notched (Fig. 76). 



Cuspidate : with a short but distinctly tapering point 

 (Fig. 77). 



luCRONATE : with a fine sharp point projecting bej'ond the 

 end of the mid-rib (Fig. 78). 



Lristate : tipped with a bristle, 



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^cute : making an acute angle (Fig. 79). 



)btuse : making an obtuse angle ; blunt (Fig. 46). 



PAPERlNa : with a long and slender base (Fig. 80). 



;:!oRDATE : rounded and notched (Fig. 67). 



^URICULATE : with two small rounded lobes (Fig. 81). 



Sagittate : with sharp lobes pointing downwards (Fig. 83). 



Iastate : with sharj) lobes pointing outwards (Fig. 84). 



Peltate : when the petiole is attached, not to the edge, but 

 to the under surface (Fig. 80). 



R.E\iFOR.M : with very large rounded lobes (Fig. 86). 



Clasping : when the leaf is sessile, and the lobes are close 

 against the stem on each side (Fig. 82). 



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Fig. 86. 



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