THE COMPOUND LEAF 



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spray in Fig. 89. All the leaves have two kinds 

 of leaflets, — certain ones which may be taken as 

 the normal size, and other small ones interposed. 

 This kind of leaf is common in the tomato and 

 potato tribes. On account of the intermediate 

 leaflets, such a leaf is said to be interrupted. 

 This one, then, is interruptedly pinnate. 



102. Another tomato leaf is shown in Fig. 90. 



Fig. bo. 

 Leaf of Mikado tomato. 



In this instance there are no interposed leaflets, 

 but the leaflets vary much in size and shape 

 In other words, it is an example of an irregu- 

 larly compound leaf. The leaf looks as if it 



