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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />

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(a) (b)<br />

(c) (d)<br />

(e) (f)<br />

Figure 4. Leaf-margin features which provide specific epithets:<br />

(a) Crenate (scalloped as in Ardisia crenata Sims).<br />

(b) Dentate (toothed as in Castanea dentata Borkh.). This term has been used for a<br />

range of marginal tooth shapes.<br />

(c) Sinuate (wavy as in Matthiola sinuata (L.) R. Br.). This refers to ‘in and out’<br />

waved margins, not ‘up and down’ or undulate waved margins.<br />

(d) Serrate (saw-toothed as in Zelkova serrata (Thunb.) Makino).<br />

(e) Lobate (lobed, as in Quercus lobata Née).<br />

(f ) Laciniate (cut into angular segments as in Crataegus laciniata Ucria).

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