DIVIDED LEAVES. 



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" Doubly-pinnatifid," when the lobes or segments are themselves cut 

 and divided, as in the tansy leaf. 



B. Imitating the digitate leaf, and generally upon stalks. 



" Fan-lobed," when with five or more great clefts directed towards 

 the leaf-stalk. (Fig. 32.) 



Fig. 32. 



Fig. 31. 



" Fan-lobed and cut," as in the purple monkshood. (Fig. 30.) 



" Palmate," when the clefts extend nearly to the base of the leaf, 



as in the most kinds of passion-flower. (Fig. 29.) 

 " Temate," when there are only three such clefts, as in the hepatica 



and the wood-anemone. 



C. Triangular in general outline. 



" Triply pinnatifid," a leaf with many branches, divided and sub- 

 divided, as in parsley, celery, hemlock, and most of their 

 family. (Fig. 33.) 



Next to the general figure and composition of the leaf, it is 

 important to notice what kind of edge it possesses. The terms used 



