26 MEMB^lS OF PLANTS. 



pair at the base are long, the plate of the leaf is often 

 more or less regularly formed to correspond with this, 

 and becomes five-lobed *, as in the hop and sycamore ; 

 hand-shaped 2 , as in the blue passion flower ; slashed 3 , 

 as long-stalked geranium ; five- cleft *, as in spotted 

 geranium ; many-cleft 5 , as in monk's hood ; cleft-cut 6 , 

 as in dandelion; wing-cleft 7 , as in star- thistle : or 

 comb-cleft 8 , as in water violet. 



Simple Leaves. The reference figures correspond with those in 

 the text of the preceding paragraph. 



(1) In Latin, Quinquelobatum. 

 (3) In Latin, Laeiniatum. 

 (5) In Latin, Multifidum. 

 (7) In Latin, Pinnatifidum. 



(2) In Latin, Palmatum. 

 (4) In Latin, Quinquefidum . 

 (6) In Latin, Runcinatum. 

 (8) In Latin, Pectinatum, 



