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according to their circumference ; border, furface, 
{ummit and fubftance. 
THEIR CIRCUMFERENCE & BORDER 
are either round, nearly round, oval, reverfed oval, 
oblong, fhaped like a wedge, angular, {pear fhaped 
(as the belvidere) narrow, fhaped like an awl, trian- 
gular, deltoide, or having four corners, quinquean- 
_.gular or five cornered, fhaped like a kidney, a héart, . 
a moon, an arrow, ora pike, divided into two or three 
parts, formed like a hand, pointed like a wing, jagged, 
_andented (as the tuberofe) divided or not into parts, 
_ fingly or doubly fawed, notched, grifly, ciliated or 
hairy like an eye lid, lacerated, or feemingly torn or 
_ bitten, curled, or entire. halt 
| THEIR SURFACE yt: 
is diftinguifhed by being either downy, foft as vel- 
_ vet; hairy, as the foxglove; ftinging; rough; {mooth, 
as the daify ; briftly, prickly, warted, polifhed, plait- 
ed, waved, wrinkled; veined, as the gilliflower.or 
_ carnation ; nervofe ; plain, as the auricula flower ; 
Ae comprefied, canvex, concave, or channel- 
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THEIR SUMMIT, OR TOP | 
is either truncated, blunt, as if bitten, hollow, ob- 
_ tufe, pointed (as the amaranthus) fhaped like an.aw]}, 
or taper likea pillar. ; 
THEIR SUBSTANCE 
is either hollow, flefhy, or membranous (as pinks.) 
Compound leaves are either fimple or decompound, 
A COMPOUND LEAF 
is formed of feveral fmall leaves growing from one 
|. footftalk, and is confidered as one whole, produced 
_ from a fingle compofition, as the ranunculus, rofe, 
_ carnation, pink, &c. They are either fingered, com- 
pofed of two, three, or many leaves, refemblin 
Wings expanding from their common foottftalk, aaa 
having alternate leaves, or being doubly winged. 
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