JLEAVES. 



divided nearly to the base. Ex. Spotted Geranium, 

 Geranium maculatum. 



Observation. Bipartitum, two-parted; tripartitum, three-part- 

 ed ; multipartitum, many parted, according to the number of di- 

 visions. 



29. LACINIATED or JAGGED, (laciniatum.) PL 6, 

 fig. 3. Cut into numerous irregular portions. 



Observation. 1 Incisum and Dissectum, cut, are nearly synony- 

 mous with the last. Smith. 



2. It is remarked by Linnxus, 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 the wind in the other. 



30. PALMATE, (palinatum.) PL 6, fig. 4. Hand- 

 shaped ; cut into several oblong, nearly equal segments, 

 about half way or rather more toward the base, leav- 

 ing an entire space like the palm of the hand. Ex. 

 Sweet-gum, Liquidamber styracifolia. 



31. PINNATIFID, (piniiatitidiim.^) PL 6, fig. 5* 

 Cut transversely into several oblong parallel segments* 



Observation. Cut, but not to the mid-rib. 



32. BIPINNATIFID, fbipirmatijiduin.*) PL 6, fig. 6. 

 Doubly pinnatifid ; cut into segments as in the last, 

 and the segments cut again. Ex. Roman Wormwood, 

 Ambrosia datiur, and paniculata. 



33. PECTINATE, (pectinatum.) PL 6, fig. 7. A 

 pinnatified leaf, whose segments are remarkably nar- 

 row like the teeth of a comb. 



34. UNEQUAL, (inwquale.) PI. 6, fig. 8. When the 

 two halves of a leaf are unequal in dimensions and their 

 bases not parallel. 



IV. Termination. 



1. TRUNCATED XEAF, (folium truncatum.) PL 5, 

 fig. 12. Has the extremity cut off, as it were, bv a 

 transverse line. Ex. Tulip-tree, Leriakudron feiltm- 

 f&ra. 



