TABLE VI. 481 



IV. Insertion. 



148 Petiolatum, petiolate, having a petiole or footstalk, 290. 



149 Peltatum, peltate, having the foot-stalk inserted into the 



disk of the leaf. 



150 Sessile, sessile, sitting immediately on the stem, without a 



foot-stalk. 



1,51 Adnatum, adnate, the upper disk of the leaf adhering to 

 the stem by an attachment of its base. 



152 Coadunata, coctclunate, several growing together at their base. 



153 Decurrens, decarrent, where the base of a sessile leaf is 



elongated, and runs down the stem. 



154 Amplexicaule, amplexicaul, embracing the stem with its 



base. 



155 Perfoliatum, perfoliate, where the base of the leaf entirely 



surrounds the stem, or when the stalk grows through 

 the centre of the leaf. 



156 Connata, connate, where two opposite leaves grow together 



at their bases. 



157 Vaginans, vaginant, where the base of the leaf forms a tu- 



bular sheath th r at surrounds the stern. 



V. Figure. 



158 Subrotundum, subrotnnd> almost round, nearly circular* 



159 Orbiculatum, orbiculate, of a circular figure. 



160 Ovatum, ovate, egg-shaped. 



161 Ovale, oval, the shape of an egg, when both ends are equal. 



162 Oblongum, oblong, twice the length of its breadth. 



163 Parabolicum, parabolic, like the smaller end of an egg. 



164 Cunei forme, cuneiform, wedge-shaped, tapering from the 



apex to the base. 



165 Spatulatum, spaiulate, rounded at the apex, and narrower 



and linear at the base. 



166 Rotund atum, rotundate, rounded, or with angles in a circle. 



167 Lanceolatum, lanceolate, oblong, and tapering towards both 



extremities. 



168 Ellipticum, elliptical, an oval whose ends are equal. 



169 Lineare, linear, every where of the same breadth. 



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