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OEGANOGEAPHY AND GLOSSOLOGY. 



apillari/ (/. ea'pillacea), when slender and flexible like hairs {Water Crowfoot, 

 fig. 71) ;— filiform (/. filiformia), when thin and slender like threads {Asparagus, 

 fig. 81). The false leaves of Asparagus here alluded to, and which have been 

 described as leaves by most botanists, ought to be considered as branches 

 springing from the axils of small scarious scales, which are the true leaves. 



81. -flsparagns, 

 Filiform leaves. 



82. Oleander. Acute le,aves. 



83. Pellitory. 

 Acumina1:e leaf. 



85. ABiarantb,. 

 Emarginate leaf. 



Leaves are acute (/. acuta) when they terminate in a sharp angle {Oleander, 

 fig. 82) ; — acuminate (/. acuminata), when the tip narrows rapidly and lengthens 

 into a point {PelUtorij, fig. 83) ; — obtuse (/. ohtusa), when the tip is rounded {Mistleto, 



86. Lime. Cordate leaf. 



87. Ground ivy, 

 lleniform leaf. 



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Bindweed.- 

 Sagittate leaf. 



80. Sheep's sorrel 

 Hastate leaf. 



fig. 84); — emarginate (/. emarginata), when it terminates in a shallow sinus 

 {Amaranth, fig. 85). 



Leaves are cordate (/. cordata), when the base forms two rounded lobes and 

 the tip is pointed, somewhat like an ace of hearts {Lime, fig. 86) ; — reniform (/. 

 reniformia), when the base is cordate but the tip rounded, like a kidney {Ground ivy, 

 fig. 87) ;— sagittate (/. sagittata), when the base is lengthened into two sharp 

 lobes, which are oblique or parallel to the petiole, like an arrow {Bindweed, fig. 88) ; — 



