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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    Oblique, or unequal, when the two halves of a leaf are unequal in dimension, and their bases are not parallel [65] . . . . 117 Truncate, or abrupt, when the extremity ap- pears as if it had been cut off, as in the leaf of the tulip tree 118 Praemorse, or jagged, pointed, very blunt, with various irregular notches [66] . $9 - Retuse, ending in a broad shallow notch, as in mountain sorrel (rumex digynus) [67] 120 Emarginate, having a notch at the extremity, as in bladder senna [68] . . . 121 Obtuse, or blunt, terminating in a rounded extremity, as in the primrose and daisy 122 Acute, or sharp, ending in an acute angle, as in many of the common plants . . 123 Acuminate, or pointed, having a taper or awl-shaped extremity, as in the common reed 124 Mucronate, sharp at the point, and tipped with a rigid spine, as in thistles . . 125 Cirrose, or tipped with a tendril ■ . 126 Entire (integerrimum), destitute of all kinds of teeth, notches, or incisions, as in the orchis and lily tribes . . . . . 127 Serrated, or like the teeth of a saw, and