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TIPS OF LEAVES. 



and have their margins straight ; and from the number of such 

 divisions they are called Bifid, Trifid, Quadrifid, Multifip, 



&c. cut iiito two, three, four, jive, or many segments, 



8. Lobate, lobed; when they are divided to the middle into 

 parts that stand wide from each other, and have their margins 

 convex j and from the number of these they are called Bilobe, 

 Trilobe, Quadrilobe, or Quinquelobe; consisting of two, three, 



four, or five lobes, 



9. Palmate, handed; when they are cut longitudinally into 

 many parts, nearly equal ; the divisions extending themselves 

 downward, almost to the base, where the segments cohere. 



10. Pinnatifid, cut into wings ; when they are divided trans- 

 versely into laciniae that are oblong and horizontal. 



11. Lyrate, lyre-shaped; when they are divided transversely 

 into laciniae, of which the upper ones are larger, and the lower 



ones farther asunder. 



12. LaciniAte, jagged ; when they are variously divided into 

 parts, and those parts in like manner indeterminately subdivided. 



13. Sinuate, hollowed; when they have broad and spreading 

 openings in the sides. 



14. Partite, divided ; when they are separated down to the 

 base; and from the number of the divisions they are Bipartite^ 

 Tripartite, Quadripartite, Quinquepartjte, or Multipar- 

 tite; divided into two, three, four, jive, or many parts. 



15. Integra, entire; when they are without divisions, and 

 have no sinus or opening. This stands opposed to all the kinds 

 of divided leaves before described. 



IV. Apex, tip, is the extremity in which the leaf terminates. 

 Leaves, in respect to their apices, are called, , 



1. Truncate, lopped; wdien they end iq a transverse line 



