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3. egg-shaped ' (ovate,) the shape of an egg cut through length- 

 ways, that is, when the length is somewhat greater than the 

 breadth, and the base rounded and wider than the other end 

 See Plate, 36. 4. egg-shaped inverseli/ (ob-ovate) of the same 

 shape as the last, but with the broader end uppermost ; for ex- 

 ample, primrose, daisy. 5. oval or elliptic, of like figure to 

 egg-shaped, and somewhat egg-shaped, except its being of 

 equal breadth at each end. See Plate, 37. 6. oblong, that is, 

 much longer, than broad, and narrowed and rounded at the 

 ends. 7. spear-shaped, (lanceolate,) here the figure is oblong, 

 narrowing gradually towards each end. See Plate, 40. 

 8. battledore-shaped, (spatulate,) roundish, with a long, nar- 

 row, linear base. See Plate, 38. 9. \aedge-shaped, (cunei- 

 form,) broad and abrupt at the end, and narrowing gra- 

 dually downwards ; for example, laild celery, (apium gra- 

 veolens,) rue-leaved saxifrage, (saxifraga tridactylites.) See 

 Plate, 39. 10. linear [strap-shaped,) that is, nearly the same 

 breadth throughout, long and narrow ; for example, dajfo^ 

 dil, rosemary, and most of the grasses. SeePlate, 41. 11- 

 awl-shaped, (subulate,) that is, linear at the bottom, and 

 gradually tapering towards the end. See Plate, 72. 12. 

 needle-shaped, (acerose,) linear and evergreen, mostly sharp 

 and stiff; for example, Juniper, yew, ^r. 13. kidiiey-shaped, 

 (reniform,) that is, roundish, and hollowed at the base with- 

 out angles, resembling the section of a kidney ; for example, 

 ground-ivy, (glechoma.) See Plate, 43. i4. heart-shaped, 

 (cordate,) that is, oval, or somewhat egg-shaped, hollowed at 

 the base, the lower part without angles or sharp corners ; for 

 example, black-briony, (tamus communis.) See Plate, 44, 



15. crescent-shaped, (lunulate,) that is, round-shaped, and 

 hollowed at the base, with angles at the hinder or lower part. 



16. triangular -shaped, that is, with three sides nearly equal, 

 and three angles or corners. See Plate, 42, 17. trowel- 

 shaped, (deltoid,) triangularly spear-shaped, that is, having 

 three angles, of which the end one is much further from the 

 base, than the side ones, as in mercury, goose-foot, (chenopo- 

 dium Bonus-Henricus.) 18. «r;-ow-5/i«/?£'d', (sagittate,) like the 



' In such compound terms, as egg-shaped-keart-shaped, the latter term desig- 

 nates an approach to the latter shape. 



