. 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. KINDS AND FORMS OF LEAVES. 49 Rstiise ; having a blunt or rounded apex slightly indented, as in Fig. 109. Emarginnte, or Notched; as if a notch were cut out of the apex; Fig. 110. Obcordate, or Inversely heart-shaped; that is, with the strong notch at the aprx instead of the base, as in Fig. Ill and the leaflets of White Clover. Cuspidate ; tipped with a rigid or sharp and n
. 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. KINDS AND FORMS OF LEAVES. 49 Rstiise ; having a blunt or rounded apex slightly indented, as in Fig. 109. Emarginnte, or Notched; as if a notch were cut out of the apex; Fig. 110. Obcordate, or Inversely heart-shaped; that is, with the strong notch at the aprx 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 with a short and weak point, like a small projectioc of the midrib, as in Fig. 113. Awned, Awn-pointed, or Aristate; tipped with a long bristle-shaped appendage, like the beard {awn) of Oats, &c. Pointed. Acute. Obtuse. Truncate. Obcordate, Cuspidate. Mucronate. 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 ov Saw-toothed; YiYiexi iw 115 ue 117 its 119 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 or Jagged; cut into deep and irregular, jagged teeth or incisions, as in Fig. 119. This leads to truly 139. lobed or Cleft Leaves, & those with the blade cut up, as it were, into parts, i. e. lobes or divisions. In a general way, such leaves are said to be lobed ; and the. Serrate. DenlLte. Crenate. Wavy. lllill'ilit/ Inciaed or Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enh
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