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Lobate, lobed ; when they are divided to the mid- 

 dle into parts that stand wide from each other, and 

 have their margins convex ; and from the number 

 of these they are called Bilobe, Trilobe, Quadrilobe 

 or Quinquelobe ; consisting of two, three, four or 

 five lobes. 



Palmate, handed ; when they are cut longitudi- 

 nally into many parts nearly equal ; the divisions 

 extending themselves downward, almost to the base 

 where the segments cohere. 



Pinnatifid, cut into wings ; when they are divided 

 transversely into laciniae that are oblong and horizon- 

 tal. 



Lyrate, lyre-shaped ; w r hen they are divided trans- 

 versely into laciniae, of which the upper ones are 

 larger, and the lower ones farther asunder. 



Laciniate, jagged; when they are variously di- 

 vided into parts, and those parts in like manner in- 

 determinately subdivided. 



Sinuate, hollowed; when they have broad and 

 spreading openings in the sides. 



Partite,' divided ; when they are separated down 

 to the base ; and from the number of the divisions 

 they are Bipartite, Tripartite, Quadripartite, Quinque- 

 partite, or Multipartite; divided into two, three, four, 

 five, or many parts. 



Integra, entire ; when they are without divisions, 

 and have no sinus or opening. This stands opposed 

 to all the kinds of divided leaves before described* 



APEX, Tip, is the extremity in which the leaf ter- 

 minates. Leaves, in respect to their apices, are called, 



Truncate, lopped ; when they end in a transverse 

 line. * 



Praemorse, bitten in the fore part ; when they are 

 jrcry obtuse, and are terminated by unequal notches . 

 or incisions. 



Retuse, blunted ; when they terminate in an ob- 

 tuse sinus, 





