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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 65
8. Figure.
Round, Folia orhicularia. Outline resembling a circle.
Hydrocotyle vulgaris.
Rounded, subrotunda^ rotundata. Approaching to a
round figure. Lysimachia repens, Mentha rotundifolia,
Marrubium vulgare, Corylus sylvestris.
Oblong, ohlonga. Longer than broad, the ends being
rounded. Carlina vulgaris. Inula dysenterica.
Elliptic, elliptica Mirbel, ovalia Linnaeus, once and a
half or twice as long as broad, with rounded ends equal to
each other. Convallaria majalis, Hieracium repens.
Oval, ovalia Mirbel, ovata Linnaeus. Resembling elliptic
leaves, the lower end larger than the other. Hernaria
glabra, Vinca major, Alsine media, Androsaemum vulgare.
Reverse oval, obovalia. Resembling elliptic leaves, but the
upper end larger than the other. Samolus Valerandi, Vitis
Idaea punctifolia.
Parabolic, paraholica. Oblong, diminishing insensibly
to its end, which is obtuse. Amaranlhus minor.
Wedgelike, cunearia. Enlarging from the base to the
end, which is very obtuse, or eventruncated. Galarhoeus
helioscopius.
Fanshaped, JlaleUiformia. Wedgelike, rounded at the
top. Salisburia aspleniifolia.
Lanceshaped, la?iceolala. Longer than broad ; diminishing
each way from the middle. Daphne florida, Plantago
lanceolata, Salix alba.
Spatulashaped, spathulata. Drawn in at the bottom,
broad and round at the top. Bellis perennis, Silene parviflora,
Montia fontana.
Three-corneredj iriangularia. The face has three straight
sides. Atriplex hortensis, Betula alba, Chenopodiura
urbicum.
Four-cornered, quadrangular ia. The face has four
straight sides. Trapa natans.
Rhombic, rhomlea. The leaf is four-sided, the opposite
ones being parallel. Hibiscus rhombifolius.
Trapezoid, trapezoidea. The leaf is four-sided; the opposite
sides, or at least two of them, are not parallel. Populus
nigra.
Scalelike, squamiformia. Partly embracing the stem,
short and broad, like a scale. Orobanche major.
^ Long, elongata. Long and narrow ; to which belong
the five following ones.
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