HOW TO USE THE CHARTS 
In point of fact what appears to be a branch on either side 
with opposite leaves on it is really the stem (rachis) of a com- 
pound leaf made up of five leaflets. This can be told by not- 
ing that the leaflets are all on the same plane. 
Fig 
rc'vro COMPOUND leaves 
It is true that most of the leaflets are opposite, but it is the 
leaves we are to notice, whether they are opposite, alternate, or 
from root only, not the leaflets. There are really only two 
leaves in Fig. 27 ; they are alternate (and compound). 
