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asiaticd)', (lo) sagittate or arrow-shaped, as in 

 Sagittaria sagittifolia; (ii) hastate or dart-shaped, 

 as in kalmi-sag {Ipomcea reptans) and ghet-kachu 

 or ghekul {Typhonium trilobatum); (12) cordate or 

 heart-shaped, as in pan {Piper Betle); (13) emar- 

 GiNATE, OBCORDATE Or cordate reversed, as in kan- 



Fig. 30. — Repand Leaf (debdaru)— (Po^a^Mzo longifolia) 



Chan {Bauhinia); (14) cuneate or wedge-shaped, as 

 in bara-pana {Pistia Stratiotes); (15) acerose, fili- 

 form, or thread-Uke, as in chir and saralgacch {Pinus 

 Khasya); (16) subulate or awl-shaped, as in belati- 

 jhau {Thuja). 



The margin of a leaf is said to be entire when 

 it is not at all indented or cut, as in Mango; and 

 REPAND when it is entire but wavy, as in debdaru 

 {Polyalthia longifolia), (fig. 30). If the margin is 

 slightly indented it is said to be crenate when the 



