BOTANIC TERMS AND DEFINITIONS.
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LEAVES.
Torn, tacerum, the margin variously divided in different shaped seg-ments.Gnawed, erosum, sinuous, with very small obtuse hollows, and with
equal segments.Daedal, dadaleum, at the same time winding and torn.Obtuse, obtusum, terminated with a segment of a circle.End-nicked, emarginatum, terminated with a nick.Retuse, retusum, terminated with an obtuse hollow.
End-bitten, pr&morsum, terminated obtusely, with unequal divi-sions.
Lopped, truncatum, terminated with a transverse line.
Acute, acutum, terminated with an acute angle.
Pointed, acuminatum, terminated with anawled point.
Piked, cuspidatum, terminated with a bristly point.
Daggered," vmcronatum, terminated with a dagger standing out.
Tendrilled, cirrhosum, terminated with a tendril.
A Leaf is said to be
Naked, nudum, when destitute of hairs or bristles; or
Smooth, glabrum, with a slippery surface.
Glossy, nitidum, with a shining smoothness.
Bright, lucidum, as if illuminated.
Coloured, coloratum, with any colour but green.
Nervy, nervosum, wiih very simple veins from the base to the point.
Three-nerve, trinenc, three nerves meeting together at the base of the
leaf.Triple-nerve, triplinervt, nerved with three nerves meeting together
above the base of the leaf.Three-nerved, trinervalum, nerved with three nerves meeting together
behind the base of the lea, 1 '.Nerveless, encrve, opposed to nerved.Lined, lineatum, with depressed nerves.Striated, striatum, with parallel lines slightly hollowed.Furrowed, sulcutu.ni, with deep hollow lines.Veined, veiwsum, with vessels variously divided.Wrinkled, rugosum, full of wrinkles.
Bubbled, bullatum, formed from a wrinkled leaf, the veins being con-tracted on the tuber side.Pitted, tacunosum, the disk being depressed between the intersecting
veins.Veioless, avene, opposed to veiny.Dotted, punctatum, sprinkled with hollow points.Papillous, papillosum, covered with fleshy points.Pimply, papulasum, covered with iitlle blisters.Viscid, tisndum, smeared with a tenacious moisture.