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decurrent, running down; that is, extend 
themfelves downwards along the Petiole. 
Conjugate ; when the pinnate Leaf con~ 
fifts of two Folioles only. 
DEGREE, ina compound Leaf, refpects 
the Subdivifion of the common Petiole. In 
refpeét to which, Leaves are, 
Decompound; when a Petiole once divided 
connects many Folioles. 
Bigeminate; whena dichotomous * Petiole 
connects four Folioles on its Apices, 
Biternate, or Duplicato-Ternate; when 
there are three Folioles ona Petiole, and each 
Foliole is Ternate; as in Epimedium. 
Bipinnate, or Duplicato-Pinnate; when the 
Folioles of a pinnate Leaf are pinnate. 
Pedate, foot-/haped or Branching ; when a 
bifid Petiole conneéts many Folioles on its 
Infide only ; as in Pafjfora and Arum. 
Supra-decompound; when many Folioles 
are born on a Petiole, that has been any 
Number of Times fubdivided. 
Triternate, or Triplicato-Ternate; when a 
Petiole bears three Folioles that are each of 
them ternate. 
Tripinnate, or Triplicato-Pinnate ; when a 
Petiole bears many Folioles, each of which 
are Bipinnate. 
* Forked or halved, and each Divifion forked again. 
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