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Many-parted, multipartiti. Divided to the base. 
Feather-cut, pinnatifdi. Disposed on two opposite sides. 
Carduus. Centaurea. 
7. Number. 
Single, Aculei solllarii . Insulated from one another. 
Euphorbia cucumerina. 
Bundled, fasciculati. Several coming out from the 
same point. Cactus cylindricus, C. heptagonus, C. Peru- 
vianus. 
TENDRILS. 
Cirri, Capreoli, Claviculi. Threadlike appendages twisting 
round other substances , by means of which the plants are 
supported and raised above the ground. 
1. Situation. 
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Axillarjr, Cirri axillarii. Growing in the setting on of 
the leaves. Passiflora. 
Opposite to the leaves, Oppositifolii. Vitis vinifera. 
PI. 6, fig. 18. 
2. Origin . 
Petiolean, Cirri petioleani, petiolares. Resulting from the 
change of a leafstalk. Fumaria vesicaria, Pisum sativum, 
Lathyrus latifolius. PI. 4, fig. 17; PI. 6, fig. 14. 
Leaf, foliares. The leaf itself is lengthened, and forms 
a twining appendage. Methonica superba. 
Stipulean, stipuleani. Resulting from the change of 
a stipule. Smilax horrida, S. herbacea. PI. 8, fig. 2 a. 
Leaf-rib, nervales. The main rib of the leaves length- 
ened into twining appendages. Nepenthes. 
Pedunculean, pedunculeani. Resulting from the change 
of a flower-stalk. Vitis vinifera, Passiflora. PI. 6, fig. 18. 
Corolla, corollares . The petals lengthened into twining 
appendages. Strophanthes. 
3. Simplicity. 
Simple, Cirri simplices . Single undivided threads. La- 
thyrus Aphaca, Vicia lathyroides, Bryonia officinalis. 
Two-cut, bifidi. Divided in two branches. Vitis, Ervum 
tetraspermum. PI. 6, fig. 18. 
Three-cut, trifidi. Bignonia Unguis cati. 
Many-cut, multifidi, ramosus. Vicia multiflora, Cobea 
scandens. PI. 4, fig. 17. 
