COMPOUND LEAVES. 



EXERCISE XX. 



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FIG 113. 



FIG. 114. 



LEAF (Fig. 113). Simple, petiolate, stipulate, net- 

 veined, feather-veined, entire, abruptly acuminate, 

 broadly oval ; petiole, short, bordered by the blade ; 

 stipules, free. 



LEAF (Fig. 114). Compound, petiolate, stipulate, 

 unequally pinnate, number of leaflets, 5 ; leaflets, petio- 

 late, feather- veined, serrate, ovate ; stipules, adnate. 



ing of questions is now unnecessary. They have answered 

 their purpose if they have led to a knowledge of the parts of 

 leaves and their most important modifications of form. When 

 this is done, it will be much more important that the pupil 

 be unassisted in making descriptions than that he be always 

 methodical and correct. 



For pupils that are old enough to punctuate their descrip- 

 tions, the following rule will be useful : 1. Separate adjectives 

 relating to the same noun, by commas ; 2. Parts of the same 

 organ, by semicolons ; 3. Distinct organs, by a period. 



