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equitant: of leaves, folded longitudinally with the two inner surfaces (representing the upper leaf surface) fused except towards the base where it clasps another leaf on the opposite side of the stem; one margin represents the leaf keel and the lamina is vertically orientated; as in Iris. Leaf arrangement, Fig. 2 E; cross section through equitant arrangement Fig. 11 B.



Fig. 11. Vernation and Aestivation. A, circinate; B, equitant; C, conduplicate; D, convolute; E, contorted; F, imbricate; G, valvate; H, induplicate; I, plicate.
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