THE LEAF 



33 



TiCAL, as in golap-jam {Eugenia Jambos); (5) oblong, 

 as in Plantain; (6) ovate or egg-shaped, as in 



12 13 



Fig. 29. — Shapes of Leaves 



14 



16 IS 



I, Orbicular. 2, Linear, 3, Lanceolate. 4, Elliptical. 5, Oblong-. 6, Ovate. 

 7, Obovate. 8, Spathulate. 9, Reniform. lo, Sagittate. 11, Hastate. 12, Cor- 

 date. 13. Obcordate. 141 Cuneate. 15, Filiform. 16, Subulate. 



Banyan; (7) obovate or ovate reversed, as in deshi- 

 badam (Terminalia Catappa); (8) spathulate or 

 spatula-shaped, as in Drosera Burmanni; (9) reni- 

 form or kidney-shaped, as in thul-kuri (Hydrocotyle 



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