FORMS OF LEAVES. 1 Q \ 



several transverse segments, gradually larger to- 

 wards the extremity of the leaf, which is rounded, 

 as Erysimum Bar bar ea, t. 44.3. 



Fissum, f. 60, cloven, when the margins of the 

 fissures and segments are straight;, as in the 

 Gingko-tree, Salisburia adiantifblia. 



Bifidum, trifidum, multifidum, &c. express the 

 number of the segments. 



Lobatujn, f. 61, lobed, when the margins of the 

 segments are rounded, as in Anemone Hepatica, 

 Curt. Mag. t. 10. 



Bilobum, trilobum, &c., according to the num- 

 ber of the lobes. 



Sinuatum, f. 62, sinuated, cut into rounded or wide 

 openings, as Statlce slnuata, t.?}, and Virgilia 

 helioides, Exot.Rot. t. 37. 



Partitum,f. 63, deeply divided, nearly to the base, 

 as Hdleborus viridis, Engl. Bot. t. 200. 



Bipartitum, tripartitum, multipart itum, ac- 

 cording to the number of the divisions. 



Lacinietum, f. 64, laciniated, cut into numerous 

 irregular portions, as Ranunculus 

 t. 120, and Geranium cohtmbinum, t. 2 



Incisum^L^ Dissect urn, cut, are nearly synonymous 

 with the last. 



It is remarked by Linnaeus that aquatic plants 

 have their lower, and mountainous ones their 

 upper, leaves most divided, by which they better 

 resist the action of the stream in one case, and of 



