LEAFLET. One of the blades of a compound leaf. STI PELS.-The stipules of leaflets. RA'CHIS.-The continuation of the petiole to which leaflets are attached. FIG. 95. Parts. No. of Leaflets. 17. EXERCISE XVI. Pinnate and Digitate Leaves. FIG. 96. FIG. 97. Pinnate Leaf. Parts? In PINNATE Leaves, the leaflets grow along the sides of the rachis. In DIGITATE Leaves, the leaflets all start together from the petiole. ABRUPTLY PINNATE.-When the leaf terminates in a pair of leaflets. Fig. 98. UNEQUALLY PINNATE.-When the leaf terminates in an odd, or single, leaflet. Fig. 9. CIRROSE. When the rachis ends in slender branching curls, called tendrils. Fig. 100. INTERRUPTEDLY PINNATE.-When the leaflets are alternately large and small. Fig. 101. FIG. 102. Twice Pinnate. TWICE PINNATE.-When the petiolule is continued as a rachis which bears the leaflets. |