192 AN INTRODUCTION 
Lobate, lobed; when they are divided to — 
the Middle into Parts that ftand wide 
from each other, and have their Margins 
convex ; and from the Number of thefe they 
are called Bilcbe, Trilobe, Quadrilobe, or Quin= 
quelobe ; confifting of two; three, four, or five 
Lobes. 
Palmate, handed; when they are cut lon- 
gitudinally into many Parts nearly equal; the 
Divifions extending themfelves downward 
almoft to the Bale where the Segments co- 
here. 
Pinnatifid, cutinto ings; when they are 
divided tran{verfely into Laciniz that are ob 
long and horizontal. 
Lyrate, Lyre-/haped; when they are di+ 
vided tranfverfely into Lacinie, of which 
the upper ones are larger, and the lower 
ones farther afunder. 
Laciniate, jagged; when they are varioufly 
divided into Parts, and thofe Parts in like 
Manner indeterminately fubdivided. 
Sinuate, hollowed ; when they have broad 
and {preading Openings in the Sides. 
Partite, divided ; when they are feparated 
down to the Bafe; and from the Number 
of the Divifions they are Bipartite, Tripar= 
tite, Quadripartite, Quinguepartite, or Mul- 
tipartites 
