VENATION. 



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FiQ. 120.— a, Strawberry BUte 

 {Btilum cnpitalum) ; 6, young fl. ; 

 c, d, same, accrescent. 



193. The base of the leaf is Amplexieaul, stem-clasping; Aster; 



Auriculate, eared ; Eraser's Magnolia ; Cor- 

 date, heart-shaped, Morning-Glory ; Ou- 



cullate, rolled like a hood; Common 



Violet; Decurrent, margins running 



down and adnate to the stem ; Mullein ; 



Hastate, ha^lberd - shaped, with pointed 



ears turned outward ; Strawberry Blite 



(Fig. 120) ; Inequilateral, one base longer 



than the other; Lime, Begonia; Oblan- 



eeolate, lanceolate, tapering at base ; 



Amaranth (Fig. 121) ; Obovate, ovate, 



narrowed at base ; Clover ; Perfoliate, 



bases of margin united, so that the stem 



seems to grow through the leaf; Bell- 

 wort ; Perfoliate-eonnate, bases of two 



opposite leaves connate (united), so that 



the stem seems to grow through them ; 



Honeysuckle ; Reniform, kidney-shaped ; 



Wild Ginger ; Sagittate, arrow-shaped ; 



Weld (Fig. 122). 



193. The Apex of the Leaf is: Acumi- 

 nate, tapering to a point ; Black Alder ; 



Acute, ending in an acute angle ; Choke- 

 Cherry ; Ar- 

 istate, with a 

 long bristle (L. 

 arista) called 

 Awn, as in the 

 glume of Oats 

 (Fig. 52) ; Cau- 

 date, tailed; 

 Peepul-tree; 

 Cuspidate, with 

 an abrupt stiff 

 point ; Dahoon 

 MiBBiMii jiMB>. / / Holly ; Emar- 



VX'\|ji^Wj^^^^/2^/ ginate, slightly 



'^jlS^^M^R^^/ incurved at the 



vSi wli^B^^l.-^'V midrib ; White 



Clover (Fig. 

 132) and Wig- 

 tree (Fig. 137); 

 Mucronate, end- 

 ing abruptly in 

 a short, small 

 point ; Supple- 

 Jack ; Ob cor- 

 date ; inversely 



cordate ; Wood- Fia. 122.— Dyer's Weld (Be- 

 rio.121.— IiOTc-lie8-bleeaing(.4m- gorrel ; Obtuse, seda luleola). 



aranlu.caudatm). blunt - pointed ; 



Magnolia glauca ; Retuse, slightly incurved ; Shamrock (Fig. 



