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OBSOLETE lohatum folium^ inelegantly lo- 

 bated, or divided into lobes fcarce difcernible, as 

 in the Jioigermanuia trilobata, and the Malva 

 rotundifolia. 



OBTUSUM Fdlum [jibtundsr, to be blunt- 

 ed at the point] having a rounded apex, quod ter- 

 tniruitur quafi intra jegmentum circtdi, oppofed to 

 acutum. 



Obtufurn Perianthium, as in the Convolvuhis, 

 MeVia. 



Obiufa Capfula, as in the Rhlnanthus. 



OBVOLUTUM FoUum lob, Scmho, to roll] 

 A term in foliation, fignlfying that the margins 

 of the leaves alternately embrace the flraight 

 margin of the oppofite leaf, quorujit margines 

 alterni coniprehendimt oppofiti folii niarglnem re Slum -y 

 as in the Dianthus, Lydmb^ Saponaria, Valeriana^ 

 Marrubiiim, Salvia , &c. 



Obvoluta Cotykdoiies, rolled up ; a fpecies of 

 the Dicotyledones, exemplified in. the Helxine. 



OCTANDRIA ['Ox.r<«, oao, eight, & ^^ng, 

 tnaritus, a hufbandj 1 he eighth clafs in the 

 Linnzean fyft-em, comprehending hermaphro- 

 dite flowers with eight Stamina, 'n this clafs 

 there are four oi-ders, viz, Monogynia, 

 Q^ 2 which. 



