The Elements of Botany, For Beginners and For SchoolsGray, Asa
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The Elements of Botany, For Beginners and For Schools
Gray, Asa
Plants
_Crenate_, or _Scalloped_, when the teeth are broad and rounded; as in
Fig. 144.
_Repand_, _Undulate_, or _Wavy_, when the margin of the leaf forms a
wavy line, bending slightly inwards and outwards in succession; as in
Fig. 145.
_Sinuate_, when the margin is more strongly sinuous or turned inwards
and outwards; as in Fig. 146.
_Incised_, _Cut_, or _Jagged_, when the margin is cut into sharp, deep,
and irregular teeth or incisions; as in Fig. 147.
_Lobed_, when deeply cut. Then the pieces are in a general way called
LOBES. The number of the lobes is briefly expressed by the phrase
_two-lobed_, _three-lobed_, _five-lobed_, _many-lobed_, etc., as the
case may be.
140. When the depth and character of the lobing needs to be more
particularly specified, the following terms are employed, viz.:--
_Lobed_, in a special sense, when the incisions do not extend deeper
than about half-way between the margin and the centre of the blade, if
so far, and are more or less rounded; as in the leaves of the Post-Oak,
Fig. 148, and the Hepatica, Fig. 152.
_Cleft_, when the incisions extend half way down or more, and especially
when they are sharp; as in Fig. 149, 153. And the phrases _two-cleft_,
or, in the Latin form, _bifid_, _three-cleft_ or _trifid_, _four-cleft_
or _quadrifid_, _five-cleft_ or _quinquefid_, etc., or _many-cleft_, in
the Latin form, _multifid_,--express the number of the _Segments_, or
portions.
_Parted_, when the incisions are still deeper, but yet do not quite
reach to the midrib or the base of the blade; as in Fig. 150, 154. And
the terms _two-parted_, _three-parted_, etc., express the number of such
divisions.
_Divided_, when the incisions extend quite to the midrib, as in the
lower part of Fig. 151, or to the leaf-stalk, as in Fig. 155; which
really makes the leaf compound. Here, using the Latin form, the leaf is
said to be _bisected_, _trisected_ (Fig. 155), etc., according to the
number of the divisions.
[Illustration: Fig. 148, pinnately lobed; 149, pinnately cleft; 150,
pinnately parted; 151, pinnately divided, leaves.]
[Illustration: Fig. 152, palmately three-lobed; 153, palmately
three-cleft; 154, palmately three-parted; 155, palmately three-divided
or trisected, leaves.]
141. =The Mode of Lobing or Division= corresponds to that of the
veining, whether _pinnately veined_ or _palmately veined_. In the former
the notches or incisions, or _sinuses_, coming between the principal
veins or ribs are directed toward the midrib: in the latter they are
directed toward the apex of the petiole; as the figures show.
142. So degree and mode of division may be tersely expressed in brief
phrases. Thus, in the four upper figures of pinnately veined leaves, the
first is said to be _pinnately lobed_ (in the special sense), the second
_pinnately cleft_ (or _pinnatifid_ in Latin form), the third _pinnately
parted_, the fourth _pinnately divided_, or _pinnatisected_.
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