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DIVIDED LEAVES. 



" Quinate " and " Septate," when there are five or seven leaflets, 



all from one point. (Fig. 23.) 

 " Digitate," when the leaflets are numerous, narrow like fingers, 



and all from one point. (Fig. 22.) 





Fig. 18. 



Fig. 20. 



Fig. 21. 



Intermediate between the simple and compound, there is j-^et a 

 third class of leaves, having the appearance of the latter, but in 

 reality only simple. The lamina is here deeply gashed, as if large 

 pieces had been cut out Avith scissors, the " segments " or " lobes," 



Fiff. 22. 



as they are called, being more or less combined at the base, like the 

 toes in the webbed foot of a water-bird, and of course without a hinge. 

 They arc spoken of as " divided " leaves. The varieties are exceed- 

 ingly numerous, but the study of them is greatly facilitated by their 



