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leaflets which look like compound leaves are termed 

 pinnas. These pinnas again may be themselves bi- 

 pinnate, or still further divided, so that the leaf is 



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CRATAEVA RELIGIOSA 



trebly or more pinnate, as in MORINGA PTERYGOSPERMA 

 the Horse-radish tree, when it is usually said to be 

 decompound. In any case the ultimate undivided seg- 

 ments are called leaflets. Pinnas and leaflets may 

 have small stipules, or stipels as they are often 

 called, and they very often have a pulvinus, like the 



