. Botany for beginners: an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany. Plants. Ch. IX.] LEAVES. 55 213. Pinnate; at Fig. 35, a, represents the petiole or prin- cipal leaf stalk; from this, spring out other divisions, each bear- ing a leafet; 6, 6, represent the stipules or appendages; the whole taken together forms one compound pinnate leaf. Tne term pinnate is from the Latin pinna, a wing or pinion. 214. Binate; when two leafets only spring from the petiole, as in Fig. 35, c. Fig. 215. Ternate; when three leafets arise from the petiole, as Fig. 36, a. 216. Bi-ternate is a second d


. Botany for beginners: an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany. Plants. Ch. IX.] LEAVES. 55 213. Pinnate; at Fig. 35, a, represents the petiole or prin- cipal leaf stalk; from this, spring out other divisions, each bear- ing a leafet; 6, 6, represent the stipules or appendages; the whole taken together forms one compound pinnate leaf. Tne term pinnate is from the Latin pinna, a wing or pinion. 214. Binate; when two leafets only spring from the petiole, as in Fig. 35, c. Fig. 215. Ternate; when three leafets arise from the petiole, as Fig. 36, a. 216. Bi-ternate is a second division of threes, as Fig. 36, b. ill. Tri-ternate is a third division of threes, as Fig. 36, c. Fig. 37. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Phelps, Lincoln, Mrs. , 1793-1884. New York, Huntington & Savage


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