Glossary of Botanical Terms:
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terminal petiolule: the stalk of the terminal leaflet of a pinnately 3-foliolate leaf or an imparipinnate leaf; the stalk is usually jointed at the point where the rachis extension beyond the last leaflet meets the true petiolule of the leaflet. Fig. 3 C & K.
Fig. 3. Compound Leaves (A–F & I–M) and Simple Leaves (G & H). A, tripinnate; B, bipinnate; C, imparipinnate; D, paripinnate; E, palmate; F, pedate; G, scale leaves; H, simple; I, unifoliolate (1-foliolate); J, bifoliolate (2-foliolate); K, pinnately trifoliolate; L, palmately trifoliolate; M, biternate.
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