124 THE OPEN BOOK OF NATURE 
Subulate (subula =an awl) Awl-shaped. Example: 
The common Gorse. 
Linear.—Long and narrow. Example: Garden 
Pink. 
Oblong.—Long oval, equally broad at each end. 
Example: Rock Rose. 
Elliptical.—Oval. About twice as long as broad. 
Broadest in middle and tapering toends. Example: 
Leaflets of Rose. 
Lanceolate—Lance-shaped: long, narrow, and 
tapering to a point at each end. Example: 
Willow. 
Orbicular.—Rounded. Example: Nasturtium. 
Cordate (cor=the heart).— Heart-shaped. Ex- 
ample: Sweet Violet. 
Obcordate.—Inversely heart-shaped; that is, a 
heart-shaped leaf turned about, with its base as 
it were at the apex, and vice versa. 
Ovate.—Broad, rounded base; tapering towards 
the apex. Egg-shaped. Example: Corn Mint. 
Obovate. — Inversely ovate. Example: Prim- 
rose. 
Reniform (renes=the kidneys).—Kidney-shaped. 
Example: Ground Ivy. 
Cuneate (cuneus=a wedge). — Wedge - shaped. 
Example: Leaflets of Tormentil. | 
Sagittate (sagitta=an arrow).—Like the barbed 
head of an arrow. Example: Arrow-head. 
Hastate (hasta=a spear).—Spear-shaped. Like 
an arrow-head with the barbs turned outwards. 
Example: Sheep’s Sorrel. 
Triangular.—With three angles, and three sides: 
Example: Danish Scurvy Grass. 
