KINDS AM) FOKMS OK I.KAVF.y. 



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Oi'hI ; IjiOador than ohlon^', and with a (lowing' outlnio, as in Fi;(. 90. 

 Ovati' ; oval, hut liroadci- towards the lowt'V end; of tho shape of a hon's r^'^ 

 cut tliroii^rh Ifiiju'thwiso, as in Fi;; (;i. 



Orbicular oi* Jiaumt ; ciiruhir or nearly circular in outline, as in Fig. 93. 



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n 



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Uiii'iir. I,iiii!c- 

 Hlia|ii.'d. 



Oliliiiib'. 



OvmI. 



(tvatu. 



lll'.ill".ll,l|n-<l. 



Orbicular. 



tiilatt". Ol>ovafo. 



f'liiioatp or 

 WciigcaljJlii.lL 



133. Sonic leaves taper downwards more than upwards. Of these tho com- 

 monest forms are tho 



Oh/anrefj/iifc, or lurrri^'lij him-t'-xliapitl : that is, shaped like a lance with thft 

 point downwards, as in Fi<,'. (j.\. 



^]i(lliil<it'' ; roundish abovi:, and tajieriiiff 

 into a loii^' and narrow hase, like tlie old 

 form of the apothecary's spatida, Fig. 95. 



Oltornfr, or Innrt^rlij orate; that is, ovate 

 with the nai'rt)W end at tiie hottom of tlio 

 leaf, as in Fig. 96. 



Cniii-ah' or Wcthio-shfipod : like llu^ last, ni.i.iucco- spntn 

 hut with tho sides narrowing straight down 

 to the lower end, in the shapi- of a wt'dije, as in Fig. 97, 



134. Of course these shapes all run into one another hy imperce{)tihle <!«\gree3 

 in different cases. The botanist mer«dy gives names to the jjrincipal gi;ide.s. 

 Intermediate shapes are descril)ed hy combining t]ii> names of the tw«) shaj es 

 the leaf in question most resembles. For examjile : — • 



LaHce-IiNi'ar, or Ihicar lanrfolati', moans between linear and lance-shaped. 

 Lanee-ohlomi, or oh1(m(j-1ani'('oJnt>\ means between oblong and lanceolate in sluipe. 

 cat ('-lanceolate between ovate and lance-shaped ; and so on. 



135. Or else a qualifying word may be used, as fonifirliat ovate, dujktbj lieart- 

 shaped, and the like. Thus, Fig. 92 is ovate in general form, but with the base a 

 little notched, i.e., some what heart-shaped. It is one of the kinds which depend upon 



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