Of leaves. 
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CHAPTER IV. 
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Of iE;AVEs» 
L eaves are to be confidered with refpecl: to 
their figure ; circumfcription *, fines, or open- 
ings ; margin ; termination ; compofition ; fui face \ 
fubftance; complication, or folded ftate while in 
the bud ; expanlion ; place ; fituation \ infertion \ 
direcfion j and duration; 
ii Figure. 
Rounds nearly cylindric, as in Onion and Crow 
Garlic. Pl.II. fig. I. 
Filiform^ very (lender, like threads. 
Gibbousy fo full of pulp that both furfaces are con- 
vex, as in Acrid Stonecrop. 
Deprejfed^ the fide'> higher than the middle* 
Comprejfedy the thicknefs greater than the breadth. 
Carinate^ the lower furface prominent longitudi-^ 
hally. 
Friquetrousy having three plane fides, as in YellovV 
Afphodel. PI. II. fig. 2 . ' • 
Ancipity the furface convex, with two oppofite 
longitudinal angles. 
EnJtfonUy ahcipit, and growing narrower from 
the bafe to the top. 
Jcmadform, having one edge convex and fliarp, 
and the other llraighter and thicker. 
2. Circumfcription. 
OrbiculatCy tfie longitudinal and tranfverfe diame- 
ters equal, and the circumference circular. PL II. 
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Subrotundy nearly orbiculate, as in White Poplar 
and Marfli Pennywort. PL II. fig. q. 
OvatCy the longitudinal diameter exceeding the 
tranfverfe, the bafe circumfcribed with the feg* 
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