1) Butted in 2) Discontinued 3) Discontinuous 4) Episodic 5) Periodic 1) Discontinued 2) Discontinued temporarily 
• (imp. & p. p.) of Interrupt • (a.) Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped. • (a.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.
not continuous, with gaps
Descriptive of a structure, the pattern or sequence of whose elements is broken by the insertion of other elements.
<plant biology> Of an inflorescence, having the flowers unevenly distributed along the main stem, with conspicuous gaps. ... (09 Oct 1997) ... 
In`ter·rupt'ed adjective 1. Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped. 2. (Botany) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf. 
Not continuous; in particular, the interposition of small leaflets or segments between others.
[adj] - discontinued temporarily
adjective discontinued temporarily; `we resumed the interrupted discussion`
having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.