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LEAVES. 



Perfoliate, when the stem appears to pass through the leaf, 

 sometimes occasioned by opposite leaves united at their base, 



Fig. 56. Fig. 57. 



Perfoliate leaf, caused by the union 

 of two opposite leaves. 



Perfoliate leaf, caused by the 

 union of the lobes of the leaf. 



as Fig. 56 ; at others, by the lobes of the leaf uniting on the 

 opposite side of the stem. (Fig. 5*7.) The term lobed applies 

 to divisions that extend about half way through the leaves. 



Auriculate, having lobes at the base of the leaf. (Fig. 58.) 



Pedate, in shape like a foot. (Fig. 59.) 



Fig. 58. 



Fig. 59. 



Hatchet-shaped leaf. 



Pedate leaf. 



Auriculate leaf. 



Dolabriform, axe or hatchet shaped. (Fig. 60.) 



Acinaciform, scimitar-shaped. (Fig. 61.) 



Lyrate, with the terminal lobe much the largest. (Fig. 62.) 



Fig. 61. 



Fig. 62. 



Fig. 63 



Acinaciform leaf. 



Digitate leaf. 



Perfoliate? What is meant by lobed leaves? Auriculate? Pedate 

 Dolabriform? Acinaciform? Lyrate? 



