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SUBSTANCE, &c. OF LEAVES.
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8. The following terms express the substance, peculiar configuration, or any other remaining circumstances of leaves, not already explained.

Teres, cylindrical, as those of Conchium gibbosum, White's Voyage, t. 22. f. 2; see Cavanilles Icones, t. 533, and 534.

Semicylindraceum, semicylindrieal, flat on one side, as Salsola fructicosa, Engl. Bot. t. 635, and Chenopodium maritimum, t. 633.

Subulatum, awlshaped, tapering from a thickish base to a point, as Salsola Kali, t. 634.

Tubulosum, tubular, hollow within, as Allium Cepa, the Common Onion. The leaf of Lobelia Dortmanna, Engl. Bot. t. 140, is very peculiar in consisting of a double tube.

Carnosum, fleshy, of a thick pulpy substance, as in all those called succulent plants, Crassula lactea, Exot. Bot. t. 33, Aloe, Sedum, Mesembryanthemum, &c. See Sempervivum tectorum, Engl. Bot. t. 1320.

Gibbum, gibbous, swelling on one side or