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INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 73
Interruptedly pinnate, foliolis interruptis, interrupte pin-
nata. Leaflets alternately large and small. Solanum tuberosum,
Agrimonia vulgaris, Spiraea odorata, Sp. vul-
garis, Potentilla anserina. PI. 4, fig. 14.
Decreasingly. pinnate, foliolis decrescentilus. Leaflets
diminishing in size as they approach the top. PI. 4, fig. 17.
Decursively pinnate, foliolis decursiuis, decursive pinnata.
Footstalk winged by the prolongation of the bottom of the
leaflets. Melianthus major.
% Twice compounded, decomposita. Second degree of
composition; the common footstalk divided into secondary
ones.
Fingered-pinnate, digitato-phmataj conjugato-pinnata.
Secondary footstalks, arising from the end of the common
footstalk.
Two-fingered-pinnate, lidigiiato-pimiata. Secondary
footstalks, two in number. Mimosa purpurea. PI. 5,
fig. 14.
Bigeminate, ligeminata, hicojijugata. Two secondary
footstalks, each of which have one pair of leaves. Mimosa
Unguis cati. PI. 5, fig. 12.
Trigeminate, tergimifia, tergeminaia. 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 secondary
footstalks. Mimosa tergimina.
Three-fingered pinnate, tridigitalo-pkinata, iernato-pin-
nata. The common footstalk has three secondary footstalks
from its tip, all of which have leaflets attached on
their sides. Hoffmanseffsia.
Four-fingered pinnate, quadndigitato-pinnata. Mimosa
pudica.
Many-fingered pinnate, muUidigitato-pinnala.
Bipinnate, hipimmta^ 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. Carum
officinale, Fumaria officinalis. PI. 4, fig. 16.
Biternate, hiiernata, dupUcato-ternate. The common
footstalk is parted into three secondary footstalks, each of
which has leaflets. Fumaria bulbosa, Cicuta virosa, Imperatoria
major.
Pedate, pedata. The common footstalk is parted at top
into two diverging branches, bearing leaflets on that side
only which is next the fork. PI. 5, fig. 2.
*^ Thrice compounded, supra-decomposita. Third degree