178 COMPOUND LEAVES. 



with an intermediate series of smallef 

 ones, as Spircea Filipendula^ Engl. Bof, 

 t, 284, S. Ulmaria, t. £K50, and Fotentilla 

 anserlna, t, 86l. 



articulate, jointedly, with apparent joints 

 in the common footstalk, as Weinmannia 

 'pinnata. 



decursive, decurrently, when the leaflets 

 are decurrent, as Eri/ngiiim campestre, 

 Engl. Bot. t. 57, and Potent ilia fruti* 

 cosa, t. 88. 



lyrato, jT. 108, in a ly rate manner, having 

 the terminal leaflet largest, and the rest 

 gradually smaller as they approach the 

 base, as Erysimum pr<]ecox, t. 1139, 

 and, 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 w^ riters. 

 The reason is, that these two kinds of 

 leaves, however distinct in theory, are 

 of all leaves most liable to run into each 

 other, even on the same plant, exam- 



