Botany of the Southern states . Acinaciform leaf. Lyrate leaf. Digitate leaf. Perfoliate ? What is meant by lobed leaves ? Auriculate ? PedatoDolabriform ? Acinaciform ? Lyrate ? LEAVES. 53 Digitate, spreading like the fingers of the hand. (Fig. 63.) 90. The above are the simple forms. It is very frequentlythe case that two of the forms will combine, and then thaleaf receives a compound name. Ovate-lanceolate, when it is too long to be strictly ovate, andgradually tapers to the extremity, resembling an ovate leaf insome respects and a lanceolate one in others. Ob-cordate, heart-shaped, with th
Botany of the Southern states . Acinaciform leaf. Lyrate leaf. Digitate leaf. Perfoliate ? What is meant by lobed leaves ? Auriculate ? PedatoDolabriform ? Acinaciform ? Lyrate ? LEAVES. 53 Digitate, spreading like the fingers of the hand. (Fig. 63.) 90. The above are the simple forms. It is very frequentlythe case that two of the forms will combine, and then thaleaf receives a compound name. Ovate-lanceolate, when it is too long to be strictly ovate, andgradually tapers to the extremity, resembling an ovate leaf insome respects and a lanceolate one in others. Ob-cordate, heart-shaped, with the small end towards the6tem. Ob-ovate, egg-shaped, with the small end towards the stem. 91. The edges of leaves are variously formed by irregulari-ties, and receive specific names, of which the following are mostcommon. If the edge is uniform, it is said to be entire. Serrate, having teeth like a saw, the points directed towardthe apex. (Fig. 64.) Dentate, when the teeth are perpendicular to the edge, withthe sides equal. (Fig.
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