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S tip e s biuncialis, erectus, teres, fusco-ater, superne subobscure margmatus.
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subdigitatis, dichotomis, laciniis linearibus, obtusis, integris vel bifidis, omnino glabris, costabs, integernmis,
minute reticulatis, sub involucros contractis.
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h iw lu c r a exacte ovata, textura frondis, usque ad basin in segmentis vei labiis diiobus paululum convexis integev-
rimis glabris fìssa.
Recepiactdum inclusum, involiici-o multo brevius.
Cap su la orbiculatoe, peltatæ, annulo integro cinctæ.
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n um e r o u s f r u c t if ic a t io n s a n d t h e s om ew h a t w in g e d s t ip e s . ' T h e fo rm e r c h a r a c te r w e c a n c o n c e iv e
t o b e lia b le t o g r e a t v a r ia tio n a c c o r d in g t o a g e a n d o th e r c ir c u m s t a n c e s : a n d w ith r e g a r d t o th e
la t t e r p a r ticu la r , in o n r o w n sp e c im e n s w e f in d t h e s t ip e s o f s om e t o b e a lm o s t e n t ir e ly n a k e d , an d
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th is a n d o th e r H y m m o p h p l l a (a n d th e sam e o b s e r v a tio n h o ld s g o o d w it h t h e g e n u , T r k k o n im c s ) as
p in n a t e , w h e r e a s t h e y ar e t r u ly p in n a ti JU . I t is ra re th a t t h e r a c h is , o r m a in b r a n c h o f th e f ro n d ,
is d e s t itu t e o f th e f o lla c c o n s m a r g in s : - g e n e r a l l y it s st ru c tu r e is t h e sam e a s th a t o f th e u ltim a te
d iv is io n s .