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Park. 1041 .
F 'A B. XXII.
M A R S FI P O L I P O D Y .
' ^ P I E roots are long, large, and furniilied with innumerable long
A fibres, which fpread under the furface, and take fail hold o f the
mire in ivhich it grows.
Firil leaves from one to two feet in length, lance-ihaped, broadeft in
the middle, thence gradually decreafing upv/ards, and terminating in an
acute point.
Second leaves from fifteen to tliirty pairs, oppofite or alternate, below
more remote, upwards growing gradually nearer each other, and, near the
top, running together at their bafe.
Lobes about fifteen pairs, not divided quite down to the nerve, o f an
oblong figure, broadeft at the bafe, ending in an obtufe point, and entire
on the edges, loweft pair the largeft, thence diminifliimi to the top, where
they become confluent, and lofe themfelves in the acute termination of the
fecond leaf.
Seed