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Interruptedly pinnate, foliolis interruptis, interrupte pin- 
nata. Leaflets alternately large and small. Solanum tu- 
berosum, Agrimonia vulgaris, Spirzee odorata, Sp. vul- 
garis, Potentilla anserina. PI. 4, fig. 14. 
Decreasingly, pinnate, foliolis decrescentibus. Leaflets 
diminishing in size as they approach the top. PI. 4, fig. 17. 
Decursively pinnate, foliolzs decursivis, decursive pinnata. 
Footstalk winged by the prolongation of the bottom of the 
leaflets. Melianthus major. 
4] Twice compounded, decomposiia. Second degree of 
composition; the common footstalk divided into secondary 
ones. — 
Fingered-pinnate, digitato-pinnata, conjugato-pinnata. 
Secondary footstalks, arising from the end of the common 
footstalk. : 
Two-fingered-pinnate, Jzdigitato-pinnata. Secondary 
footstalks, two in number. Mimosa purpurea. Pl. 5, 
» 14. 
sai bigeminata, lbiconjugata. ‘Two secondary 
footstalks, each of which have one pair of leaves. Mimosa 
Unguis cati. PI. 5, fig. 12. 
Trigeminate, tergimina, tergeminata. ‘Two secondary 
footstalks, each of which have one pair.of leaves, and a 
third pair of leaves is borne at the parting of the two se- 
condary footstalks. Mimosa tergimina. 
Three-fingered pinnate, éridigitato-pimnata, ternato-pin- 
nata. ‘The common footstalk has three secondary foot- 
stalks from its tip, all of which have leaflets attached on 
their sides. Hoffmanseggia. 
Four-fingered pinnate, quadri 
pudica. 
Many-fingered pinnate, multzdigitato-pinnata. 
Bipinnate, lipinnata, duplicato-pinnata. ‘The secondary 
footstalks, to the sides of which the leaflets are attached, are 
placed on the sides not the tip of the main footstalk. Ca- 
rum officinale, Fumaria officinalis. Pl. 4, fig. 16. 
Biternate, liternata, duplicato-ternate. ‘The common 
footstalk is parted into three secondary footstalks, each of 
which has leaflets. Fumaria bulbosa, Cicuta virosa, Im- 
peratoria major. 
Pedate, pedata. The common footstalk is parted at top 
into two diverging branches, bearing leaflets on that side 
only which is next the fork. PI. 5, fig. 2. 
4] Thrice compounded, swpra-decomposita. ‘Third degree 
digitato-pinnata. Mimosa 
