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let, as the Pea and Vetch tribe ; Pisum 

 maritimum, t. 1046, Lathyrus palustris, 

 t. 169, Vicia sativa, t. 334* 

 abrupte, abruptly, without either a termi- 

 nal leaflet or a tendril, as Cassia Chamce- 

 crista, Curt. Mag. t. 107, and the genus 

 Mimosa. See M. pudica, the Common 

 Sensitive-plant. This form of leaf is 

 much more uncommon than the imparl- 

 * pmnatum, and we have no perfect ex- 

 ample of it among British plants. The 

 nearest approach to it is the genus 

 Orobus, whose leaves have only the ru- 

 diments of a tendril. A truly wonder- 

 ful variety of the Orobus sylvaticus y 

 Engl Bot. t. 518, with large simple 

 leaves, has been found in Wales. 



opposite, oppositely, when the leaflets are 

 opposite, or in pairs, as Saint-foin, t . 96, 

 Roses, Sium angustifolium, t. 139, &c. 



alternatim, alternately, when they are 

 alternate, as Vicia dumetorum (Cracca 

 tyhatica) Riv. Pent. Irr. t. 51, and 

 occasionally in our V. sativa, lutea, &c. 



interrupt^ interruptedly, when the prin- 

 cipal leaflets are ranged alternately with 



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