. Botany for young people and common schools. How plants grow, a simple introduction to structural botany. With a popular flora, or an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated. Botany; Botany. Hean-Bhaped, Of these the common- 133. Some leaves taper downwards more than upwards, est forms are the Oblanceolate, or Inversely lance-shaped; that is, shaped like a lance with the point downwards, as in Fig. 94. Spatulate ; roundish above, and tapering into a long and narrow base, like the old form of the apothecary's spatula, Fig. 95. Obovate, or Inversely ovate; that is
. Botany for young people and common schools. How plants grow, a simple introduction to structural botany. With a popular flora, or an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated. Botany; Botany. Hean-Bhaped, Of these the common- 133. Some leaves taper downwards more than upwards, est forms are the Oblanceolate, or Inversely lance-shaped; that is, shaped like a lance with the point downwards, as in Fig. 94. Spatulate ; roundish above, and tapering into a long and narrow base, like the old form of the apothecary's spatula, Fig. 95. Obovate, or Inversely ovate; that is, ovate with the narrow end at the bottom of the leaf, as in Fig. 96. Cuneate or Wedge-shaped; like the last,. but with the sides narrowing straight down Oblanceo- Spatukte. late. Cnneate or Wedge-ehupecl, to the lower end, in the shape of a wedge, as in Fig. 97. 134. Of course these shapes all run into one another by imperceptible degrees in different cases. The botanist merely gives names to the principal grades. Inter- mediate shapes are described by combining the names of the two shapes the leaf in question most resembles. For example: — Lance-linear, or linear-lanceolate, means between linear and lance-shaped. Lance-oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, means between oblong and lanceolate in shape. Ovate-lanceolate, between ovate and lance-shaped; and so on. 135. Or else a qualifying word may be used, as somewhat ovate, slightly heart- shaped, and the like. Thus, Fig. 92 is ovate in general form, but with the base a little notched, i. e. somewhat heart-shaped. It is one of the kinds which depend upon. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. New York, Ivison & Phinney
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