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This is an example of a compound leaf. Palmate leaves have their leaflets arranged on the very end of the footstalk.

Compound Leaf

This is an example of a compound leaf. Palmate leaves have their leaflets arranged on the very end of…

When divided, the leaf resembles a hand.

Palmate Leaf

When divided, the leaf resembles a hand.

A palmatifid leaf is cut half way to the base in a palmate manner.

Palmatifid Leaf

A palmatifid leaf is cut half way to the base in a palmate manner.

"...one or both webs may be so deeply incised, that is, cut away, that the palmation is practically reduced to semipalmation, as in terns of the genus Hydrochelidon." Elliot Coues, 1884

Incised Webbed Foot of a Tern

"...one or both webs may be so deeply incised, that is, cut away, that the palmation is practically…

"In the palmate or ordinary webbed foot, all the front toes are united by ample webs." Elliot Coues, 1884

Webbed Foot of a Tern

"In the palmate or ordinary webbed foot, all the front toes are united by ample webs." Elliot Coues,…