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r o u g h S P L E E N W O R T .
' Y 'P I E root is o f an irregular figure, hard and firm, covered with black
Rales, and furniflred with many black fibres; when old they
become large by reafon o f the frumps o f many decayed leaves which abide
upon them.
The barren leaves whicli rife from the circumferent r 1 . pa rt o f the rooLti iiv, luuL iuir
imp y pinnate, lance-iliaped, terminating in a point both below and above
fro,.. £ „ . „ . „ e lv e ¡„ch o . high ; ,he ,ib b , „ „ . . . . J
green above ; whole leaf of a bright green colour.
Lobes of the barren leaves, from fifteen to thirty, lance-ffiapcd, oppofite
or alternate, curved gently upwards, parallel, firfc pairs very ihort, confluent
and decurrcnt at their bafe, gradually lengthening to the middle
and thence growing ihorter to the top, where they are narrow, clofe, and
antindi:.
Fertile