. How plants grow [microform] : a simple introduction to structural botany : with a popular flora, or an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated : illustrated by 500 wood engravings. Botany; Botanique. KINDS AND FORMS OP LEAVES. 49 Ttetuse; having n blunt or rounded npex slightly indented, as in Fig. 109. EinarginatCj or Notched; ha if a notch were cut out of the npex; Fig. 110. Obcordute, 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 s
. How plants grow [microform] : a simple introduction to structural botany : with a popular flora, or an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated : illustrated by 500 wood engravings. Botany; Botanique. KINDS AND FORMS OP LEAVES. 49 Ttetuse; having n blunt or rounded npex slightly indented, as in Fig. 109. EinarginatCj or Notched; ha if a notch were cut out of the npex; Fig. 110. Obcordute, 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 witii a short and weak iH>int, like a small projection of the midrib, .as in Fig. 113. Aivned, Awn-pointed, or Arlstate ; tipped with a long bristle-shaped appendage, like the beard {awn) of Oats, «SiC. los iM 107 108 109 no nt ns ii3 L«i«v«i I Puinttd. Acuti, OUuM. Truncate, R*tui«. Note bad. Obconlata. Cuiptdaia, Miicronat*. 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 i" 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); when the margin bends slightly in and out,<as in Fig. 117. Sinuate ; strongly wavy or sinuous, as in Fig. 118. Incised OT 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. hhes or divisions. In a general way, such leaves are said to be lobed ; and the. Serrate. Dentate. Crenate. Wavy. Sinuate. Incited or Ja;{ Please note that these images are extr
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