Bingley's practical introduction to botany. Illustrated by references under each definition to plants of easy access, and by numerous figures, comprising also a glossary of botanic terms : with some account of the history of the science / by John Frost.

  • William Bingley
Date:
1831
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Credit: Bingley's practical introduction to botany. Illustrated by references under each definition to plants of easy access, and by numerous figures, comprising also a glossary of botanic terms : with some account of the history of the science / by John Frost. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rounded or convex at the margin. According to the number of the lobes the leaves are termed 95 Bilobate, or two lobed ... 96 Trilobate, or three lobed, as in hepatica [51] 97 Quadrilobate, or four lobed . . 98 Quinquelobate, or five lobed, as in common maple [52] 99 Quadrangular, having four angles, as in the tulip tree [53] 100 Quinquangular, having five angles, as some ivy leaves [54] ..... £01 Panduriform, or fiddle-shaped, oblong, broad at the two extremities, and contracted in the mid- dle, as in Jiddle dock (rumex pulcher) [55] 102 Lyrate, or lyre-shaped, when divided into segments, of which the upper ones are larger, and the lower ones farther asunder, as in yellow rochet (erysimum barbarea) [56] . . 103 Runcinate, when cut into several transverse acute segments, pointing backward, as in the dandelion [57] ' 104- Palmate, or hand-shaped, somewhat resem- bling the human hand with the fingers ex- tended [58] 105