MORPHOLOGY OF ANGIOSPERAIS. 



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Base of Leaf. — Some of the terms used in describing the gen- 

 eral outhne, as well as the apex of the leaf, are also applied to the 



Fig. 74. Catnep {Nepeta Cataria) showing opposite, exstjpulate, petiolate leaves, 

 with more or less long-triangular outline, acute at the apex, slightly cordate at the base, 

 and with a coarsely crenate margin. 



base, as obtuse, truncate, cordate, reniform, etc. Other terms, 

 however, especially apply to the base as cuneate or wedge- 



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