GLOSSARY 
SERRATE. — Having teeth like those of a saw — i.e., more 
or less directed forward. If the teeth are 
uniform in size, the leaflet is said to be 
uniserrate or simply serrated. If the teeth 
themselves are serrulate, the leaflet is said 
to be biserrate or doubly serrated. 
SERRULATE. — Like Serrate , but the teeth firm and small. 
TOOTHED = Dentate. 
5. PETIOLES 
THE STALKS OF THE LEAF 
FILIFORM. — Slender, like a thread. 
6 . STIPULES 
THE SOMEWHAT LEAF-LIKE ATTACHMENT AT THE BASE 
OF THE LEAF-STALK 
AD NATE. — Attached by the edges throughout to the petiole. 
ADPRESSED. — Pressed close to one another by their faces. 
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