21. Leaves are 3 9 cm long, opposite, simple and slightly obovate, tapering at the leaf base . 22. The leaf base tapers to petiole, the margin is entire and it has a pointed apex. 23. The mine is irregularly shaped and is mostly located between two main veins near the leaf base . 24. Each reddish leaf has a funnel-shaped stipule that wraps around the leaf base to form an ochrea. 25. Normally, quite close to the leaf base . 26. The leaf lobes vary greatly in shape, from shallow lobes to cut nearly to the leaf base . 27. The leaf base is triangular in shape. 28. Seven veins branch out from the leaf base ( A mid rib and three pairs of veins ). 29. The specific epithet " " is from the Latin meaning " heart-shaped ", referring to the leaf base . 30. The winner of these contests then settles closest to the leaf base , and the loser settles more distally.
