130 SUBSTANCE, ETC. OF LEAVES. 



8. The following terms express the substance, pecu- 

 liar configuration, or any other remaining circum- 

 stances of leaves, not already explained. 

 Tercs, f. 93, cylindrical, as those of Conchium 



gibbosum, f Whites Voyage, t. 22, f. 2 ; see 



Ccmanilks Iconcs, t. 533 and 534. 

 Semicylindraceum, f. 94, semicylindrical, flat on 



one side, as Salsolafruticosa, Engl. Bot. t. 635, 



and Chenopodium maritimum, t. 633. 

 Subulatum,f. 95, awl-shaped, tapering from'a thick- 



ish base to a point, as Salsola Kail, f. 634. 

 Tubulosum, tubular, hollow within, as Allium Cepa, 



the Common Onion. The leaf of Lobelia Dort- 



manna, Engl. Bot. t. 140, is very peculiar in 



consisting of a double tube, f. 96. 

 Carnosum,f. 98, fleshy, of a thick pulpy substance, 

 ' as in all those called succulent plants, Crassula 



lactea, Exot. Bot. t. 33, Aloe, Sedum, Mesem- 



bryanthemum, &c. See Sempervivum tectorum, 



Engl. Bot. t. 1320. 

 Gibintm, gibbous, swelling on one side or both, 



from excessive abundance of pulp, as Aloe retusa, 



Curt. Mag. t. 455. 

 Compressu m, f. 98, compressed, flattened laterally, 



as Mesembryanthemum uncinatum, DHL Elth. 



t. 193, and acinacif'orme, t. 211. 

 Depi*essum f depressed, flattened vertically, as M. 



UnguiformCyt. 183 185. See/;. 114. 

 Conaliculatum y f. 97, channelled, having a longi- 



