Lanceolate, or Lance-shaped, when conspicuously longer than wide, and tapering upwards (Fig. [116]), or both upwards and downwards.
Oblong (Fig. [117]), when nearly twice or thrice as long as broad.
Elliptical (Fig. [118]) is oblong with a flowing outline, the two ends alike in width.
Oval is the same as broadly elliptical, or elliptical with the breadth considerably more than half the length.
Ovate (Fig. [119]), when the outline is like a section of a hen's egg lengthwise, the broader end downward.
Orbicular, or Rotund (Fig. [132]), circular in outline, or nearly so.
Fig. 121, oblanceolate; 122, spatulate; 123, obovate; and 124, wedge-shaped, feather-veined, leaves.
135. A leaf which tapers toward the base instead of toward the apex may be