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sp. PL 1 55 1 . Ray Syn. 124. Fk. Scot. 670. Flo. Ang. \ s i -
Ger. Em. 1 129.
F A B . XXIII.
C R E S T E D P O L I P O D Y .
root is a ihort mif-ihapen lump, furniilied with a multitude o f J. long, brown, divided, and fubdivided fibres.
Firft leaves from fix to thirty inches high ; the rib thinly covered with
brown chaffy films, deftitute of leaf for more than half its length ; general
figure of the leaf triangular, tapering upwards to a point.
Second leaves from nine to fifteen or twenty pairs, placed oppofite or
alternate ; of a triangular figure tapering to the extremity.
Third leaves from feven to fifteen pairs, o f an oblong fliape, but tapering
to a point ; thofe which grow on the lower fide of the rib o f the fecond
leaf larger than thofe which grow on the upper.
Lobes
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