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entire leaf is said to be decompound (a term ap- 

 plied to all leaves in which the leaflets are com- 

 pound ; that is, to leaves which are more than 

 once compound) . 



43. It is plain that there is no positive or 



FIG. 31. 

 Leaf of squirrel-corn. 



definite number of ultimate divisions in this 

 dicentra leaf. (Let the pupil examine the bleed- 

 ing-heart of the gardens, which is also a di- 

 centra.) These ultimate parts are, therefore, not 

 leaflets, but segments or divisions. Is the leaf- 

 let the portion extending from a to &, or from 



