BOTANIC TERMS. 389 
274 Perfiftens, perfifting, abiding, lafting or remaining more 
than one Summer. 
275 Perenne, perennial, continuing green many Years. 
276 Sempervirens, evergreen, green at all Times of the Year. 
Composirion. * 
277 Articulatum, articulate, a Leaf having a little Leaf growing 
.out of its Point. 
278 Conjugatum, conjugate, winged, the little Leaves or Wings 
coming by Pairs. 
279 Digitatum, digitate, a fingle Foot-ftalk conneéting the litule 
Leaves at its Top. 
280 Binatum, Ternatum, Quinatum, &c. terminating by two, 
three, or five little Leaves or Folioles. 
281 Pedatum, Pedate, like the Toes of the Feet, the Foot-ftalk 
dividing Sideways obliquely, and connecting many 
Folioles. 
282 Pinnatum, pinnate, winged, a fimple Foot-italk connecting 
many little Leaves fidewife. 
283 Bijugum (thus Trijuga, Quadrijuga, Quinquejuga, Sejuga, 
&c.) winged, but the little Leaves coming by Pairs, and 
are four, fix, eight, ten, twelve, &c. 
Cum impari, winged, not terminating in Pairs, but with 
an odd Foliole. 
Abrupte pinnatum, abruptly winged, terminating without a 
tendril, or an odd Foliole. 
Cirrofum, cirrhous, terminating in a Tendril or Clafper, 
(292) 
Poliolis oppofitis, (126) the little Leaves growing oppofite. 
Foliolis alternis, (115) the little Leaves growing alternate. 
——— ruptis, the little Leaves alternately fmaller, broken, 
—_ Decurfivis, the Foot-ftalks of the little Leaves run- 
ning down the middle Rib, or Rachi (153) 
DecomposirIon. 
284 Bigeminum, the Foot-ftalk forked by twos (86), connecting 
many little Leaves. 
285 Biternatum, doubled by threes (280) 
286 Bipinnatum, double winged (282) 
TripLe Composirion. 
287 Tergeminum, tripple-budded. 
288 Triternatum, three Times three. 
289 Tripinnatum, three Ways winged. 
Be U Tay CRA WE REO LEES. 
Supports for the better fuftaining the different Parts of Plants, 
290 Petiolus, a Foot-ftalk that fuftains the Leaf, 
291 Stipula, a Scale at the Bafe of the Footitalk which it fupports. 
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