I7S COMPOUND LEAVES, 



an intermediate series of smaller = ones, 

 as Spircta Filipendula^EugLBot. £.284, 

 5. Uhnariciy t. 960, and Potentilla 

 &nserina, t. 861. 



articulate, jointedly, with apparent joints 

 in the common footstalk, as Weinmannia 

 pinnaia. 



decursive, decurrently, when the leaflets 

 are decurrent, as Eryngium campestre, 

 Engl Bot.t. 57, and Potentilla f rut i- 

 cosa, t. 88. 



fyrato, in a lyrate manner, having the 

 terminal leaflet largest, and the rest 

 gradually smaller as they approach the 

 base, as Erysimum prcecox, t. 1129, 

 aiid, with intermediate smaller leaflets, 

 Geum rivale, t. 106'; also the Common 

 Turnip. Such leaves are usually denomi- 

 nated lyrate in common with those pro- 

 perly so called (whose shape is simple, and 

 not formed of separate leaflets); nor is 

 this from inaccuracy in botanical writers. 

 The reason is, that these two kinds of 

 leaves, however distinct in theory, are 

 of all others most liable to run into each 

 othei, even on the same ..plant; exam- 



