COMPOUND LEAVES. 151 



dao-raria, t. 940, and Fumaria claviculata^ t. 



103. 



Supradecompositwn.f, 113, thrice compound, or more, 

 as Caucal's Aiithriscus, t. 987, C. daiicoides t. 197, 

 and Bimium Jiexuosum., ?. 988. But 



Bigeminatiim, twice paired, as Mimosa Unguis cati. 

 Plum. Ic. t. 4 ; and tergeminatum, thrice paired, as 

 M. terge7J2wa ; also 



Biternatum.f. 112, twice ternate, as Mgopodium, Engl. 

 Bot. t. 940 ; triternatum, thrice ternate, as Fumaria 

 lutea^ t. 588 ; and 



Bipinnatum, doubly pinnate, tripinnatum, triply pinnate, 

 of which examples have just been given : all apply 

 to the mode, as well as the degree, in which leaves 

 are compounded. 



Pedatum.f. 114, pedate, is a peculiar kind of leaf, be- 

 ing ternate, with its lateral leaflets compounded in 

 their fore part, as Hellehorus fat'idus^ Engl. Bot. t. 

 613, and H. niger, Curt. Mag. t. 8. (83) There is 

 an affinity between a pedate leaf and those simple 

 ones which are three-ribbed at the base, p. 142. Sec 

 also the disposition of the lateral veins in Aristolochia 

 Clematitis, Engl. Bot. t. 398. 



In compounding the foregoing terms we must take 

 care not to express a contradiction. Thus the leaves of 

 many Mimosce^ as the purpurea., Andr. Repos. t. 372, 

 and sensitiva, are conjiig-ata pinnata^ conJDgiite in the 

 first instance, pinnate in ihe ntxr, not covjuc'ato-p^nnata^ 

 of an intermediate nature between conjugate and pin- 



(83) [Also Viola pedata.'] 



