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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
PLATE THE SIXTH. 
Leaves. 
Fig ■- 1 . Epimedium alpinum. Berberidece. Leaf thrice 
compounded, triternate; leaflets heartshape, fringed. 
Fig. 2. Melastoma Lima. Melastomecs. Leaf elliptical, 
pointed, toothed, bullate, rough, quintuple ribbed. 
Fig. 3. Melastoma multiflora. Melastomece. Leaf lan- 
ceolate, toothed, triple ribbed. 
Fig. 4. Erythroxylum cocca. Malpighiacece. Leaf lan- 
ceolate, not in the least cut, three-ribbed with veins conti- 
nued over the ribs. 
Fig. 5. Orobanche major. Orobanchece. Leaf scalelike. 
Fig. 6 . Asperula odorata. Rubiacecs. Leaves in whirls 
by nines, lanceolate. 
Fig. 7. Glaucium luteum. Papaveracece. Leaves heart- 
shape, angular, embracing. 
Fig. 8 . Silphium perfoliatum. Composites. Leaves tra- 
pezoid, toothed, opposite, conjoined. 
Fig. 9. Hydrocotyle vulgare. Umbelliferce. Leaf orbi- 
cular, deeply crenulated, peltate. 
Fig. 10. Bupleurum rotundifolium. Umbelliferce. Leaf 
oval, pointed, perfoliated. 
Fig. 1 1 . Coreopsis alata. Composites. Leaves opposite, 
nearly lanceolate, decurrent. 
Fig. 12. Persicaria maculosa. Polygonece. Leaf oval, 
lanceolate. 
a. Stipule sheathing. 
Fig. 13. Passiflora glauca. Passiflorece. Leaf three- 
lobed, nearly peltate; petiole glandular; stipules cauline, 
half-moonlike ; tendrils axillary. 
Fig. 14. Clematis orientalis. Ranunculacece . Leaves 
three-lobed ; petioles tendril-like. 
Fig. 15. Genista sagittalis. Leguminosce. Branches 
two-winged, or three-winged; leaves oval, sharp. 
Fig. 16. Ribes spinosum. Grossalarice. Leaf five- 
lobed ; spine inferaxillary, three-parted. 
Fig. 1 7 . Paliurus aculeatus. Rhamnece. Prickle stipulean, 
reflected. 
Fig. 18. Vitis Yirginiana. Vmiferae . Leaf heart-shape, 
three-lobed ; tendril opposite. 
