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Gibbous, gibbosa. Fleshy and raised up in a hunch upon 
both surfaces. Crassula Cotyledon, Sedum dasyphyllum, 
S. Anglicum. 
Deltoid, deltoidea. Short, narrow at the two ends, hav- 
ing three faces. Mesembryanthemum deltoides. 
Three-sided, triquetra , trigona. Long, prismatic, having 
three faces. Butomus umbellatus, Asphodelus luteus. 
Four-sided, tetragona. Long, prismatic with four faces. 
Gladiolus tristis. 
10. Bottom. 
Heartshape, Folia cordiformia, cor data. Longer than 
broad, parted at bottom into two lobes. Tamnus com- 
munis, Erysimum cordifolium, Tilia Europaea, Nymphaea. 
Oblique heartshape, oblique cordata. Heartshaped, with 
the point on one side. Begonia obliqua. 
Kidneyshape, reniformia , renaria. Rounded and divided 
into two broad obtuse lobes. Asarurn Europaeum, Gle- 
choma hederacea. 
Halfmoonshape, semilunata , lanata. Rounded and di- 
vided into two narrow lobes. Hydrocotyle lunata. 
Arrowshape, sagittata. Bottom lengthened into two 
sharp-pointed lobes, not or but little spread out. Sagittaria 
sagittifolia, Fagopyrum esculentum. 
Halbert-shape, hastata . Bottom prolonged into two 
lobes spread out wide apart. Arum maculatum, Elatine 
hastata. 
f Unequal at bottom, bad incequalia . Bottom length- 
ened more on one side than the other. Stramonium foeti- 
dum, Ulmus campestris. 
Narrowed at bottom, basi attenuata. Becoming narrow 
at bottom. Polygonum aviculare, Hieracium sylvaticum, 
Chenopodium. 
11. Point. 
Sharp, Folia acuta. The two edges forming an acute 
angle. Epilobium angustifolium, E. hirsutum, Scrophu- 
laria nodosa. 
Pointed, acuminata. The two edges change their di- 
rection when they approach each other, and are prolonged 
beyond the place where they would otherwise meet. Cornus 
mascula, Corylus sylvestris, Cerasus racemosa. 
Cuspidated, cuspidata. Long, narrowing by degrees, 
ending in a sharp hard point resembling awlshape leaves, 
but much larger. Bromelia Ananas. 
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