2 2 An IntroduBion to 



iigniiication, as in two ibipartitum) in three 

 {tripartitiirn) in four {quadripartitum) and if 

 into many ijmdtifartitum). 



An entire leaf {tntegriini) is one which has 

 no finus on its border, and an undivided 

 leaf [indivijurn) is the fame, but integrum 

 muft be diftinguifhed from mtegerrimum \ the 

 firfl denotes a leaf which has no finus in its 

 difli, and the fecond has none on its border. 



The margin or border of a leaf {jnargo) 

 denotes the variety there is feen on the edges 

 of leaves ; but thefe have no relation to their 

 difk, nor are the extremities at the top included 

 in this diftin£tion. 



An indented leaf {dentatiwi) is one that has 

 its borders end with horizontal points of the 

 fame confiilence with the leaves, but are 

 feparate and diftindl from each other, as the 

 common Horehound, 



A fawed leaf {/erratum) is one vvhofe bor- 

 ders are (liarply indented like the teeth of a 

 law, lying one over the other like tiles, an^l 

 generally point toward the top, as the AnniUil 

 Nettle^ fee fig. 31. When thefe indentures 

 point toward the bafe, it is termed retrorjum 

 Jerratiim, i. e. fawed backward. 



A double fawed leaf [diipli c at /erratum) is 

 one whofe borders are garniflied with two 



forts 



