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8. Figure. 
Round, Folia orbicularia. Outline resembling a circle. 
Hydrocotyle vulgaris. 
Rounded, subrotunda , rotundata. Approaching to a 
round figure. Lysimachia repens, Mentha rotundifolia, 
Marrubium vulgare, Corylus sylvestris. 
Oblong, oblonga . Longer than broad, the ends being 
rounded. Carlina vulgaris. Inula dysenterica. 
Elliptic, elliptica Mirbel, ovalia Linnaeus, once and a 
half or twice as long as broad, with rounded ends equal to 
each other. Convallaria majalis, Hieracium repens. 
Oval, ovalia Mirbel, ovata Linnaeus. Resembling elliptic 
leaves, the lower end larger than the other. Hernaria 
glabra, Vinca major, Alsine media, Androsaemum vulgare. 
Reverse oval, obovalia. Resembling elliptic leaves, but the 
upper end larger than the other. Samolus Valerandi, Vitis 
Idaea punctifolia. 
Parabolic, parabolica. Oblong, diminishing insensibly 
to its end, which is obtuse. Amaranthus minor. 
Wedgelike, cunearia. Enlarging from the base to the 
end, which is very obtuse, or even truncated. Galarhoeus 
helioscopius. 
Fanshaped, Jlabelliformia. Wedgelike, rounded at the 
top. Salisburia aspleniifolia. 
Lanceshaped, lanceolata. Longer than broad ; diminish- 
ing each way from the middle. Daphne florida, Plantago 
lanceolata, Salix alba. 
Spatulashaped, spathulata. Drawn in at the bottom, 
broad and round at the top. Beilis perennis, Silene par- 
viflora, Montia fontana. 
Three-cornered, triangularia. The face has three straight 
sides. Atriplex hortensis, Betula alba, Chenopodium 
urbicum. 
Four-cornered, quadrangularia . The face has four 
straight sides. Trapa natans. 
Rhombic, rhombea. The leaf is four-sided, the opposite 
ones being parallel. Hibiscus rhombifolius. 
Trapezoid, trapezoidea . The leaf is four-sided; the op- 
posite sides, or at least two of them, are not parallel. Po- 
pulus nigra. 
Scalelike, squamiformia. Partly embracing the stem, 
short and broad, like a scale. Orobanche major. 
f Long, elongata. Long and narrow ; to which belong 
the five following ones. 
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