LEAF-EDGE 



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FIG. 35. SIDA HUMILIS, Willd. 



partite if divided almost to the mid-rib. 



The last two are used in compound words as 

 pinnati-fid, palmately-partite. A leaf divided quite to 

 the mid-rib or petiole would be pinnately compound or 

 palmately compound as the case might be, or if divided 

 into three sections, trifoliate or ternately compound, 



ERYTHRINA INDICA (fig. ll) and CRAT^VA RELIGIOSA 

 (fig. 10, p. 45). 



According to the thickness and composition of the 

 blade a leaf is described as, 



fleshy or succulent if thick and soft on account, 

 of the water contained in it, as in BRYOPHYLLUM 



