INSERTION OF LEAVES. 1 15 



Peltata-yf. 31, peltate, when the footstalk is inserted 

 into the middle of the leaf, like the arm of a 

 man holding a shield, as in the common Nastur- 

 tium, Troptfolum majus, Curt. Mag. t. 23, 

 Drosera pelt at a, Exot. Bot. t. 41, Cotyledon 

 Umbilicus, Engl. Bot. t. 325, Hydrocotyle vul- 

 garis, t. 751, and the noble Cyamus Nelumbo, 

 Exot.Eot. t. 31, 32. 



' Sessilia, sessile, are such as spring immediately from 

 the stem, branch or root, without any footstalk, 

 as in Anchusa sempervirens, Engl. Bot. t. 45, 

 and Pinguicula vulgaris, t. 70. 

 ' Amplexicaulia, f. 32, clasping the stem with their 

 base, as the upper leaves of Glaucium luteum, 

 t. 8, Gentiana campestris, t. 237, and Humea 

 elegans, Exot. Bot. t. 1. 



Connata, f. \ 7, connate, united at their base, as 

 Chlora perfoliata, Engl. Bot. t. 60, whose leaves 

 are comiato-perfoliata. 



Perfoliata, f. 33, perfoliate, when the stem runs 

 through the leaf, as Bupleurum rotimdifolium, 

 t. 99, and the Uvularite, E.vot. Bot. t. 49, 50, 5 1 . 



VaginantiaJ\ 34, sheathing the stem, or each other, 

 as in most Grasses; see Phleum alpinum, Engl. 

 Bot. t. 519, and Arundo armaria, t. 520. The 

 same character is found in many of the Orchis 

 tribe, as Satyrium albidum, t. 505. 



Eqidtantia, f. 35, equitant, disposed in two oppo- 

 site rows and clasping each other by their com- 

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