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T R I C PI O M A N E S tunbrigenfe.
Sp. P l. 1 5 6 1 . Ray Syn. 1 2 3 . Flo. Scot. 6 8 1 . Flo. Ang. t^bï.
t a b . XXXI.
T U N B R I D G E T R I C H O M A N E S .
OOTS Hender, filiform, branched, furniíhed with very ihort black
fibres by which they creep along.
Firft leaves one or two inches high, rifing fingly and at diftances from
the root ; rib hair-like, black, with a membrane on each fide, formed of
the decurrent part of the fecond leaves ; general outline o f the firft leaf,
oval, narroweft towards the top..
Second leaves two or three pairs, alternate, placed diftant, decurrent,
or with their bottoms running down the nerve o f the firft leaf..
Lobes two or three pairs, alternate, fometimes fimple, moft commonly
divided into two or three fegments, of a longifli oval fliape, blunt at the
extremity, fometimes (not always) ferrated or crenatcd on the edges, de-
current to the nerve of the fecond leaf ; fubftance thin, delicate, tender,
and tranfparent, except the middle nerve, which is hard, black, fine as an
hair, and runs along the central part of the firft leaf, and all its divifions.
Seed.