. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. 18 OBJECT LESSONS IN BOTANY. the egg inverted. A similar form, but narrower, is the 6b- lanceolate; that is, the inverted lance-shaped, like the leaf of Papaw, or Fig. 19. ISText, still narrower, is the spatulate, a figure compared to the surgeon's spatula (Fig. 21); and lastly, the wedge-shaped, or oimeate, tapering from a broad apex to a slender base, as in Fig. Fig. 18. Obovate leaf of the Smoke-tree {Rhus cotula). Fig. 19. Oblanoeolate leaf of Muhlenbiirg
. Leaves and flowers : or, Object lessons in botany with a flora : prepared for beginners in academies and public schools . Botany. 18 OBJECT LESSONS IN BOTANY. the egg inverted. A similar form, but narrower, is the 6b- lanceolate; that is, the inverted lance-shaped, like the leaf of Papaw, or Fig. 19. ISText, still narrower, is the spatulate, a figure compared to the surgeon's spatula (Fig. 21); and lastly, the wedge-shaped, or oimeate, tapering from a broad apex to a slender base, as in Fig. Fig. 18. Obovate leaf of the Smoke-tree {Rhus cotula). Fig. 19. Oblanoeolate leaf of Muhlenbiirg's Willow. Fig. 20. Cuneate leaf of a Sundew {Drosera loTigifolia). Fig. 21. Spatulate leaf of a Sundew (variety of Z>. longifolia), 18. Thus we have arranged these twelve forms of fea-thei'- veined leaves into three classes. such leaves. Oblanceolate ? Show us examples. Spatulate ? Show us ex- amples. Wedge-shaped, or cuneate 1 Give examples. 18. Repeat the names of the foui leaf-forms broadest at hase;—the four broadest in the middle;—the four broadest towards 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 Wood, Alphonso, 1810-1881. New York : A. A. Barnes
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