FORMS OF COMPOUND LEAVES. 



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distinct in theory, are of all leaves 

 most liable to run into each other, 

 even on the same plant." Smith. 



A cir'roso-pinnate leaf folium 

 cirroso-pinnatum (fig- 71). 

 (From the Latin, cir'rus, a tendril, 

 a climber.) 



Example : the tamarind tree, 

 Tamarindus Indica. 



In this form of leaf, a tendril 

 supplies the place of the odd leaflet 

 (as in the pea and vetch tribe), con- 

 stituting the remarkable difference 

 between it and the unequally pin- 

 nate leaf (Jig. 70). 



Fig. 71. CIR'ROSO PINNATE. 



A pedate leaf folium peda- 

 tum (fig. 72). (From the 

 Latin, pes, in the genitive case, 

 pedis, foot.) A compound leaf, 

 the divisions of which give it a 

 resemblance to a foot with out- 

 spread toes. This is an exam- 

 ple of the pedalinerve leaf (see 

 page 39), in which there is no 

 decided midrib, but the vessels 

 diverge in two strong lateral 

 nerves, from which branches 

 are given off, on that side only 

 which is towards the apex of the 

 leaf. 



Example : the Helleborus f<x- 

 tidus. 



Fig. 72. PEDATE. 



