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DIVIDED LEAVES. 



same names. They are immediately distinguished by the want of the 

 hinge-like joints. The following are the principal modifications : — 



A. Resembling pinnate leaves, and generally sessile. 

 " Pinnatifid," when cut like a pinnate leaf. (Fig. 24.) 



Fig. 29. 

 Fig. 28. 



" Feather-lobed," when the segments are few, shallow, and directed 



upwards, as in the oak-leaf. (Fig. 26.) 

 " Lyrate " or " lyre-shaped." similar to the preceding, but with the 



terminal lobe very large. (Figs. 25 and 27.) 



Fig. 30. 

 *• Runcinate," when the segments are pointed, and directed towards 



the base of the leaf, as in the dandelion. (Fig. 31.) 

 "Pectinate" or "comb-like," a pinnatifid leaf, with veiy narrow, 



close, and parallel segments, resembling the teeth of a comb. 



