FORMS OF COMPOUND LEAVES. 



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A quinquefoliate or quinate 

 leaf folium quinquefotiatMm 

 {fig. 62). (From the Latin, 

 qm?tque, five, fend/a&ttft, leaf.) 

 Having five leaflets growing 

 from one common petiole. 



Example : ginseng Panax 

 quinqucfolium. Panax is de- 

 rived from the Greek, pan, all, 

 and akos,a. remedy; a remedy 

 for all things. It is an almost 

 universal medicine among the 

 Tartars and Chinese, and ac- 

 cording to them, it is capable 

 of relieving fatigue both of 

 body and mind. It is a native 

 of North America, where it is 

 not esteemed as a medicine. 



Fig. 62. QUINQTTEFOLIA' 



A digitate leaf folium digita- 

 turn (fig. 63), composed of 

 seven leaflets, an example of which 

 is afforded in the perennial lupin, 

 which is common in the neigh- 

 borhood of Philadelphia. (Digi- 

 tate, from the Latin, digitus, a 

 finger.) Compared to the spread 

 fingers of a hand. When several 

 leaflets arise from the very sum- 

 mit of the petiole, as in the horse- 

 chestnut tree, and high blackberry. 



Fig. 63. DIGITATE. 



The second division of compound leaves, called pinnate. 



A pinnate leaf folium pinnatum (fig. 64). 

 (From the Latin, pinnatus, winged or feathered.) 

 Having leaflets arranged along each side of a com- 

 mon petiole, liku the feather of a quill. 



Fig. 64. 



PINNATE. 



