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Bipinnnfum, doubly pinnate, tripinna- 

 turn, triply pinnate, of which examples 

 have just been given : all apply to the 

 mofle, as well as the degree, in which 

 lcav^s are compounded. 



Fedatiim, f. 114, pedate, is a peculiar kind 

 of leaf, being ternate, with its lateral 

 leaflets compounded in their fore part, as 

 HeUcbovusfoctidus, Engl. Bot. f. Gl3, 

 and H.nifyer, Curt. Mag. t.S. There 

 is an affinity between a pedate leaf and 

 those simple ones which are three-ribbed 

 at the base, p. I67. See also the dis- 

 position of the lateral veins in Aristolo- 

 chia 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. Rcpos. t. 372, and seiisi- 

 tiva, are conjugata jjinnata, conjugate in 

 the first instance, pinnate in the next, not 

 conjugato-piunata, of an intermediate nature 

 between conjugate and pinnate, which is im- 

 possible. Neither are the leaves of Mimosa 



