INTRODUCTION: TO: BOTANY: Ti 
Pedately cut, pedatifida. Cut into two. lobes, and:each 
of these divided. into segments:on the:side:next the division. . 
Helleborus niger, H. foetidus. Pl. 5, fig. 1. 
Comblike, pectinata, Feather-cut leaves, the lobes being 
straight and placed parallelly like the teeth of a comb. 
Lavandula dentata, Achillea pectinata. 
q Parted, . partita: Mirbel,. secta: De Candolle: Side 
incisions. penetrating to. the middle rib of the leaf the pa- 
renchyme being interrupted by the division ; and the lon- 
gitudinal incisions beyond two-thirds of the face. 
Two-parted, bipartita. Divided into: two, by a very déep 
longitudinal incision. Bidens tripartita, Passiflora incar- 
nata. 
Five-parted, quinque-partita. Ipomea quinque-loba. - 
Many-parted, mu(ti-partita.. Consolida regalis, Trollius: 
Europeeus. 
Palmate, palmata. Many-parted leaves, with longitu- 
dinal divisions like fingers: Ipomea quinque-loba, Passi- 
flora cerulea. PI. 5, fig. 7. 
Forked, dichotoma. Ceratophyllum demersum. 
Feather-parted, pennatipartita Mirbel, pinnalisectus De 
Candolle. Cut sideways to the middle rib of the leaf, the: 
parenchyme being interrupted by the divisions. Valeriana 
Sibirica, Polypodium unitum. 
Twice feather-cut, Bipennaticisa..The segments:of the 
leaf cut again in a similar manner. 
Twice feather-parted, Bipennatipartita. 
Thrice feather-cut, T7ipennaticisa. The secondary: seg- 
ments cut again ina similar manner. 
15. Composition. 
Compound... Folia composita.. Footstalk not, divided, 
but bearing several leaflets. 
One leafletted, unifoliaia. A jointed footstalk. bearing 
only one leaflet. Citrus Aurantium, Rosa simplicifolia, 
Hedysarum. vespertilionis,.&c. Analogy,. and the joint 
of the footstalk, causes these to be considered as compound 
leaves: 
Fingered, digitata, palmata De Candolle. Leaflets: ter- 
minating the’ common: footstalk, like fingers; instead of 
being placed on the side. 
Two-fingered, lidigitata, digitata-lifoliolata, binata Lin- 
nus. No example known. Zygophyllum Fabago, quoted 
by Linnzeus,.is.one-paired. 
