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MARGIN OP LEAF 33<br />
AcEROSE or ACICULAE, tipped with a needle-like point, as Juniper.<br />
Deltoid, when the shape of the Greek letter A, as Chenopodium.<br />
{h) Apex of Leaf.— Acute, when the margins form an acute angle<br />
at the tip of the leaf. Ex. : Eriodictyon.<br />
Acuminate, when the point is longer and more tapering than the<br />
acute. Ex. : PelHtory.<br />
Obtuse, blunt or round. Ex. : Buchu.<br />
Truncate, abruptly obtuse, as if cut square off.<br />
MucRONATE, terminating in a short, soft point.<br />
Cuspidate, like the last, except that the point is long and rigid.<br />
Aristate, with the apex terminating in a bristle.<br />
Emarginate, notched. Ex. : Pilocarpus.<br />
Retuse, with a broad, shallow sinus at the apex.<br />
Obcoedate, inversely heart-shaped.<br />
(c) Base of Leaf.— Cordate, heart-shaped. Ex. : Lime.<br />
Reniform, kidney-shaped. Ex. : Ground Ivy.<br />
Hastate, or halbert-shaped, when the lobes point outward from<br />
the petiole. Ex. : Aristolochia Serpentaria.<br />
AuRicuLATE, having ear-like appendage at the base.<br />
Sagittate, arrow-shaped. Ex. : Bindweed.<br />
{d) Margin of Leaf.— Entire, when the margin is an even line.<br />
Serrate, with sharp teeth which incline forward like the teeth<br />
of a hand-saw. Ex. : Peppermint.<br />
Dentate, or toothed, with outwardly projecting teeth. Chestnut.<br />
Crenate, or Scalloped, similar to the preceding forms, but with<br />
the teeth much rounded. Ex. : Digitalis, Salvia.<br />
Repand, or Undulate, margin—a wavy line.<br />
Sinuate, when the margin is more distinctly sinuous than the last.<br />
Incised, cut by sharp, irregular incisions. Ex. : Hawthorn.<br />
Runcinate, the peculiar form of pinnately incised leaf observed<br />
in the Dandelion and some other Compositae in which the teeth are<br />
recurved.<br />
A LoBED leaf is one in which the indentations extend nearly to the<br />
mid-vein, or mid-rib, as it is usually called, the segments or sinuses,<br />
or both, being rounded. Ex. : Sassafras.<br />
Cleft is the same as lobed, except that the sinuses are deeper, and<br />
commonly acute. Ex. : Dandelion.<br />
A Parted leaf is one in which the incisions extend nearly to the<br />
mid-rib.<br />
Ex.: Geranium maculatum.