Compound Leaves 



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the extremity (fig. 129), and paripinnate, or equally pinnate, 

 when the number of lobes present is even (fig. 130). 



Fig. 130. — Paripinnate leaf of La- 

 tkyrzcs macrorkizus (with aiiri- 

 culate or ear-shaped stipules), the 

 rachis ending in a point. 



Fig. 129.— Imparipinnate leaf 

 of the 'Acacia' {Robinia 

 Pseiiddcacia) with oppo- 

 site leaflets (and spinous 

 stipules). 



Fig. 131.— Pinnatisect leaf of the 

 Common Poppy {Papaver Rhaas). 



When a simple leaf is divided in a pinnate manner, it is 

 pinnatifid, pinnatipartite, or pinnatiseoted (fig. 131), ac- 

 cording to the depth of the incisions. When a pinnatifid leaf 



