368 AN EXPLANATION OF 



282 Pinnatum, pinnate, winged, a simple footstalk connect- 



ing many Jittle leaves sidewise. 



283 Bijugum, thus Trijuga, Quadrijuga, Quinquejuga, Seju- 



ga, &c. winged, but the little leaves coming by pairs, 

 and are four, six, eight, ten, twelve, &c. 



Cum impari, winged, not terminating in pairs, but with 

 an odd foliole. 



Abrupte piunatum, abruptly winged, terminating with- 

 out a tendril, or an odd foliole. 



Cirrhosum, cirrhous, terminating in a tendril or clas- 

 per(292) 



Foliolis oppositis (126) the little leaves growing oppo- 

 site. 

 - Folioli's alternis, (115) the little leaves growing alternate. 



-ruptis, the little leaves, alternately smaller,broken. 



Decursivis, the footstalks of the little leaves 

 running down the middle rib, or Rachis (155.) 



DECOMPOSITION. 



284 Bigeminum, the footstalk, forked by two's (86) con- 



necting many little leaves. 



285 Biternatum, doubled by threes (280) 



286 Bipinnatum, double winged (282) 



TKIPLE COMPOSITION. 



287 Tergeminum, triple-budded. 



288 Triternatum, three times three. 



289 Tripinnatum, three ways winged (p. 86) 



. FULCRA, PROPS. Vid. p. 140. 

 Supports for the better sustaining the different parts of Plants. 



290 Petiolus, a footstalk that sustains the leaf. 



291 Stipula, a scale at the base of the footstalk which it 



supports. 



292 Cirrhus, claspers or tendrils, growing like threads, in 



a spiral form, \vhich take hold on plants, or any 

 other body near them. 



293 Pubes, a downy hair in all plants. 



294 Arma, armed with points, to keep off animals from 



hurting them. 



295 Bractea, floral leaves,' the face and texture different 



from other leaves. 



Pedunculus, the footstalk or prop that sustains the 

 fructiiication. 



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