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OBJECT LESSONS IN BOTANY. 



25. But what form of 

 leaf is this (Fig. 41) of 

 the Fennel-flower, with 

 such a multitude of nar- 

 row segments ? You may 

 call \t pin-nat-i-seot, if the 

 long word does not try 

 your short memory too 

 much. The Thistle lej-f 

 is also pinnatisect, al-. 

 though quite different in 

 form. 



26. Fig. 42 represents 

 a pedate leaf of a Pas- 

 sion-flower. Observe its 

 palmate venation, each of 

 its veins bearing a seg^ 

 ment, and each lower 

 segment double, so resembling a bird's foot, 

 foot-shaped. 



Fig. 40. Pinnatifid leaf of Celandine. 

 Fig. 41. PinnatiBect leaf of Fennel-flower. 



Pedate means 



J'iy. 42. Pedate leaf of Passion-flower. Fig. iZ. Laoiniate leaf of Monk's-hood. 



35. What do you call such leaves as those of the Fennel-flower ? 



