KINDS AND FORMS OF LEAVES. 49 
Retuse ; having a blunt or rounded apex slightly indented, as in Fig. 109. 
Emarginate, or Notched ; as if a notch were cut out of the apex; Fig. 110. 
Obcordate, or Inversely heart-shaped ; that is, with the strong notch at the apex 
instead of the base, as in Fig. 111 and the leaflets of White Clover. 
Ouspidate ; tipped with a rigid or sharp and narrow point, as in Fig.112. 
Mucronate ; abruptly tipped with a short and weak point, like a small projection 
of the midrib, as in Fig. 113. , 
Awned, Awn-pointed, or Aristate ; tipped with a long bristle-shaped appendage, 
like the beard ie of Oats, &e. 
= MNOV ID 
Pointed. Acute. Obtuse. Truncate. Retuse. 
188. As to the margin, Whether whole, toothed, or cut, leaves are said to be 
Entire ; when the margin is an even line, as in Fig. 99 to 102. 
Toothed ; when beset with teeth or small indentations ; of this there are two or 
three varieties, as, 
Serrate or Saw-toothed ; when 4 5 us M7 us 19, 
the teeth turn forwards, like N| \ D (i YY 
See NAO W ee iW” Sy 
those of a saw, as in Fig. 114. Wu \ ak | Vv or NI 
Dentate ; when they point es ‘ a ) » al 
outward, as in Fig. 115. \ OW y s 
Crenate ; when scalloped in- ale - ) \ i 
to broad and rounded teeth, as i 4 { \( ( Up iS 
in Fig. 116. 1 Spuuph ) 
Wavy (Repand or Undulate); i -! “alll Nt IN| Bi N 
when the margin bends slightly i) 7 Ml ; * a (7 
in and out, as in Fig. 117. \ sil > & ; it Ny iia th NG Ve 
Stnuate ; 2 strongly wavy or, Serrate. Dentate. th Wavy. Sinuate. Incised or Jagged. 
sinuous, as in Fig. 118. 
Incised or Jagged ; cut into deep and irregular, ne teeth or incisions, as in 
Fig. 119. This leads to truly 
139. Lobed or Cleft Leaves, &c.: those with the blade cut up, as it were, into parts, 
i. e. lobes or divisions. In a general way, such leaves are said to be lobed ; and the 
