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Interruptedly pinnate, foliolis interruptis , interrupte pin - 
nata. Leaflets alternately large and small. Solanum tu- 
berosum, Agrimonia vulgaris, Spiraea 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, foliolis decursivis , decursive pinnata. 
Footstalk winged by the prolongation of the bottom of the 
leaflets. Melianthus major. 
If Twice compounded, decomposila. 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, bidigit at o-pinnat a. Secondary 
footstalks, two in number. Mimosa purpurea. PI. 5, 
fig. 14. 
Bigeminate, bigeminata , biconjugata. 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, tridigit at o-pinnat a, 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, quadridi git at o-pinnat a, Mimosa 
pudica. 
Many-fingered pinnate, mid tidigi tat o-pinnat a. 
Bipinnate, bipinnata , 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. PI. 4, fig. 16. 
Biternate, biiernata , 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 nekt the fork. PI. 5, fig. 2. 
It Thrice compounded, supra-decomposita. Third degree 
