28© COMPOUND LEAVES. 



of leaflets, and are used for that pur- 

 p' se where such discrimination is requi- 

 site for specific characters, as in \Ji7nosce, 



The different degrees in which leaves are 

 compounded are thus distinguished, 

 without any reference to the mode. 



Compositum, f. Ill, simply compound, as 

 in the above instances. 



T)econipositum^f. 112*, doubly compound, 

 as Athomanta Libanotis, Engl. Bot. 

 t, 138, Mgopodium Podagraria, ^.9-40, 

 and Fumaria claviculata, f. 103. 

 ^ Supradecompositum^ f, 113, thrice com- 

 pound, or more, ^sCaucalis AntJiriscuSf 

 t. 987, C daucoides, t. 197> and BiiniiDn 

 flexiiosum, t, 988. Buft 



Bige??imat2im, twice paired, as Mimosa 

 Unguis cati, Plum. Ic, t. 4 ; and terge- 

 minatiim^ thrice paired, as M. terge- 

 mina ; also 



Biternatum,f. 112, twice ternate, as /Ego- 

 podium, Engl. Bot. f. 940 ; triterriatum, 

 thrice ternate, as Fumaria hitca, t, 583; 

 and 



* Linnasiis, mPhil. Bot. 47, gives an erroneous defi- 

 nition of this term, which does not accord wiih hisown 

 use of it. Professor Martyn has rightly defined it. 



