CLASS I. INDIVIDUAL ABSOLUTE TERMS. 385 
deep recess or sinus on each side ; as the leaves of Rumex 
pulcher. 
28. Lyre-shaped (lyratus); the same as panduriform, but with 
several sinuses on each side, which gradually diminish in size 
to the base ; as the leaf of Geum urbanum, Raphanus Rapha- 
nistrum. 
29. Runcinate, or hook-backed (runcinatus) ; curved in a direc- 
tion from the apex to the base ; as the leaf of Leontodon 
Taraxacum. 
30. Tapering (atteniuttus) ; gradually diminishing in breadth. 
31. Wavy (undulatus) ; having an uneven, alternately convex 
and concave margin, as the holly leaf. 
32. Equal {cequalis) ; when both sides of a figure are symmetri- 
cal ; as the leaf of an apple. 
33. Unequal {incEqualis) ; when the two sides of a figure are not 
symmetrical ; as the leaf of Begonia. 
34. Equal-sided (cequilaterus) ; the same as equal. 
35. Unequal-sided (incequilaterus) ; the same as unequal. 
36. Oblique {obliquus) ; when the degree of inequality in the 
two sides is slight. 
37. Halved (dimidiatus) ; when the degree of inequality is so 
great that one half of the figure is either wholly or nearly 
wanting ; as the leaf of many Bryonias. 
C. With respect to the apex, or point. 
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