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become themselves pimiate, it is tripinnate {fig. 97), as in the 

 Meadow Rue {Thalictrum minus) and the common Parsley ; it 

 commonly happens, however, that in these leaves the upper 



Fig. 153. Pig. 154. Fig. 155. 



Fig. 157, 



Fig. 159. 



Fig. 153. A binate or bifoliate leaf. Fig. 154. Ternate or triloliate leaf. 



Fig. 155. Quadrifoliate leaf of Marsilea quadrifolia. Fig.\5^. Quinate 



or quinquefoliate leaf. Fig. 157. Septenate leaf of the Horsechestnut 



{.^sculfs Hippocastanum). Fig. 158. Mnltifoliate leaf of a Lupin. 



Fig. 159. A biternate leaf. 



leaflets are less deeply divided, as in fig. 97. Il the division 

 extends beyond this, the leaf is decompound {fig. 101), as in 

 many Umbelliferous plants. 



