CLASS I. 
INDIVIDUAL RELATIVE TERMS. 
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2. Revolute (revolutiva^ revoluta)\ when the edges are rolled 
backwards spirally on each side {Link)\ as in the leaf of the 
rosemary. 
3. Obvolute {pbvolutiva, obvoluta (Link) ; semi-amplexa, De 
Cand.) ; when the margins of one alternately overlap those of 
that which is opposite to it. 
4. Convolute {convolutiva^ convoluta) ; when one is wholly rolled 
up in another, as in the petals of the wall-flower. 
5. Supervolute (supervolutiva) ; when one edge is rolled in- 
wards, and is enveloped by the opposite edge rolled in an 
opposite direction ; as the leaves of the apricot. 
6. Induplicate (Induplicativd) ; having the margins bent abruptly 
inwards, and the external face of these edges applied to each 
other without any twisting ; as in the flowers of some species 
of Clematis. 
7. Con duplicate {condupUcativa^ condupUcata) ; when the sides 
are applied parallelly to the faces of each other. 
8. Plaited {plicativa^ plicatd) ; folded lengthwise, like the plaits 
of a closed fan ; as the vine and many palms. 
9. Replicate (replicativa) ; when the upper part is curved back 
and applied to the lower; as in the Aconite. 
10. Curvative {curvatwa)\ when the margins are slightly curved, 
either backwards or forwards, without any sensible twisting. 
De Cand, 
11. ^x\v^\Q^{corrugata^corrugativd) \ when the parts are folded 
up irregularly in every direction; as the petals of the 
poppy. 
12. Imbricated (imbricativa, imbricatd) ; when they overlap each 
other parallelly at the margins without any involution. Thi& 
is the true meaning of the term. M. De Candolle applies it 
in a different sense. {Theorie, ed. 1. p. 399.) 
