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 Rh, as the Pea and Vetch tribe; Pisum maritimum, t. 1046, Lathyrus palustris, t. 169, Vicia sativa, t. 334.

abruptè, abruptly, without either a terminal leaflet or a tendril, as Cassia Chamæcrista, ''Curt. Mag. t. 107, and the genus Mimosa''. See M. pudica, the Common Sensitive-plant. This form of leaf is much more uncommon than the imparipinnatum, and we have no perfect example of it among British plants. The nearest approach to it is the genus Orobus, whose leaves have only the rudiments of a tendril. A truly wonderful variety of the Orobus sylvaticus, ''Engl. Bot. t.'' 518, with large simple leaves, has bean found in Wales.

oppositè, oppositely, when the leaflets are opposite, or in pairs, as Saint-foin, t. 96, Roses, Sium angustifolium, t. 139, &c.

alternatìm, alternately, when they are alternate, as Vicia dumetorum (Cracca sylvatica) ''Riv. Pent. Irr. t. 51, and occasionally in our V. sativa, lutea'', &c.

interruptè, interruptedly, when the principal leaflets are ranged alternately with