LEAVES. &> 



tinct, from the very base, as well as unconnected with 

 the margin. 



12. BASE-THREE-NERVED, (basi trinerve.) PL 7, 

 %. ! . Triply-ribbed at the base ; is when the base is 

 cut away close to the lateral ribs. Ex, Burdock, 

 dirctium tappa, and Sunflower, Helianthus annuus. 



13. TRIPLY-NERVED, (triplinerve.) PL 7, fig. 10. 

 Triply-ribbed ; when a pair of large ribs branch off 

 from the main one above the base. 



14. COLOURED, (coloratum) expresses any colour 

 in a leaf besides green. 



15. VARIEGATED, (variegalum) is applied to 

 leaves which become irregularly blotched with white 

 or yellow. Ex. Striped Grass, Jlrundo colorata. 



16. NAKED, (wudum) implies that the leaf is 

 destitute of all kinds of clothing or hairiness. Ex. 

 Orchis. 



VII. Substance, Configuration) $*c. 



1. CYLINDRICAL, (teres.) PI. 7, fig. 11. A solid 

 cylinder. 



2. SEMICYLINDRICAL, (semicylindriaceum.) Flat 

 on one side. 



3. STIMULATE, (subulatum?) PL 7, fig. 12. Awl- 

 shaped ; tapering from a thick base to a point. Ex. 

 Saltwort, Salsola kali. 



4. TUBULAR, (tubulosurn) hollow within like a 

 tube. Ex. Common Onion, Miimn Cepa. 



o. FLESHY, (carnosum) of a thick pulpy consist- 

 ence, as in all those called succulent plants. Ex. Live- 

 forever. Sedum. 



6. GIBBOUS, (gibbnm) swelling on one side or 

 both from excessive abundance of pulp. 



7. COMPRESSED, (compressiun) flattened laterally. 



8. DEPRESSED, (depressum) flattened vertically. 



9. CHANNELLED, (canalicufatum) having a lon- 

 gitudinal furrow, Ex. Sea Plantain, Plantago mari- 

 tima* 



