so 



IJEAVES. 



2. PREMORSE, (prcemorsum.*) PI. 6, fig. 9. Jagged- 

 pointed; bitten off, very blunt with various irregular 

 notches. 



3. RETUSE, (retusum.*) PL 6, fig. 10. Ending in 

 a broad shallow notch. Ex. Rumex digynus. 



4. EMARGiNATE^emar^naftttti.) P1.6,fig.ll. Hav- 

 ing a small acute notch at the summit. 



5. OBTUSE, (pbtusum.) PI. 5, fig. 2. Blunt ; end- 

 ing in a segment of a circle. 



6. ACUTE, (acutum.') PI. 6, fig. 17. Sharp; end- 

 ing in an acute angle. 



Observation. A very common form. 



7. ACUMINATE, (acuminatum.} PL 6, fig. 12. 

 Pointed ; having a taper or awl-shaped point. Ex. Sea 

 Club-rush, Scirpus maritimns. 



8. BLUNT, WITH A SMALT, POINT, (obtusum cum 

 acumine.') PL 6, fig. 13. Ex. Marsh Rosemary? 

 Stalice limonium. 



Observation. The following" term, (mucronate,) is sometimes 

 applied to a leaf of this description. 



9* MUCRONATE, (mucronatum or cuspidatum.} PI, 



t>, fig. 14. Sharp-pointed ; tipped with a rigid spine, 



10. CIRROSE, (cirrosM-m.) PL 6, fig. 15. Tendrilled. 



V. Margins. 



1. ENTIRE LEAF, (folium intcgerrwium^) PL 5 y 

 fig. 1. Ex. The various species of Lilies. 



Observation. This term is opposed to all kinds of teeth notches 

 jr incisions. It regards solely the margin of a leaf, whereas undi- 

 vided integrum respects its whole shape, and has nothing to do 

 with the margin. English writers who translate the one entire) and 

 the other very entire, are therefore incorrect. Smith. 



2. SPINOUS, (spiwosiim.) PL 6, fig. 16. Beset with 

 prickles. Ex. Thistles. 



3. UNARMED, (mmne.) is opposed to spinous, 



4. CILTATE, (cUiatum.) PL 6, fig. 17. Fringed ; 

 bordered with soft parallel hairs. Beech tree, Fagus 



Jerruginea, and Xylosteum dliahim. 



