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Retuse ; having a blunt or rounded apex slightly indented, as in Fig. 109. 
Emarginate , or Notched ; as if a notch were cut out of the apex; Fig. 110. 
Ohcordate , or Inversely heart-shaped ; that is, with the strong notch at the apex 
instead of the base, as in Fig. Ill and the leaflets of White Clover. 
Cuspidate; tipped with a rigid or sharp and narrow point, as in Fig. 112. 
Mucronate ; abruptly tipped with a short and weak point, like a small projection 
of the midrib, as in Fig. 113. 
Awned, Awn-pointed , or Aristate ; tipped with a long bristle-shaped appendage, 
like the beard {awn) of Oats, &c. 
105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 
Pointed. Acute. Obtuse. Truncate. Retuse. Notched. Obcordate. Cuspidate. Mucronate. 
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116 
117 
118 
119 
138. As to the margin, whether whole, toothed, or cut, leaves are said to be 
Entire ; when the margin is an even line, as in Fig. 99 to 102. 
Toothed; when beset with teeth or small indentations ; of this there are two or 
three varieties, as, 
Serrate or Saw-toothed ; when in 
the teeth turn forwards, like 
those of a saw, as in Fig. 114. 
Dentate ; when they point 
outward, as in Fig. 115. 
Crenate ; when scalloped in- 
to broad and rounded teeth, as 
in Fig. 116. 
Wavy (Repand or Undulate)', 
in and out, as in Fig. 117. 
Sinuate ; strongly wavy or 
sinuous, as in Fig. 1 18. 
Incised or Jagged ; cut into deep and irregular, jagged teeth or incisions, as in 
Fig. 119. This leads to truly 
139. Lobed or Cleft Leaves, &c. : those with the blade cut up, as it were, into parts, 
i. e. lobes or divisions. In a general way, such leaves are said to be lobed ; and the 
