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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.

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