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form ranks ^\'^hich diverge 30^ or 40^ to 55° or 60*^, while the introrse 



and retrorse pinnse lie within 10^ of the planes or diverge a little 



dorsally. 



At Tempe, in a heavy adobe soil with an excess oY subterranean 



moistui'e^ this variety has been proUfic in offshoots and sets them well 



up on the trunk, one 

 tree as early as 1909 

 having six offshoots 

 at a height of 4 to 4 1 

 feet. 



The fruit stalks are 

 orange yellow, about 

 2^ or 3 feet long, If 

 to 2 inches broad, the 

 fruit head compact 

 and heavy, and the 

 strands, or shamrokh, 

 of medium length and 

 rather coarse. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE 

 MENAKHER VARIETY. 



The trees of the 

 Menakher variety are 

 of beautiful and strik- 

 ing appearance. The 

 growth is vigorous, 

 though not as rank as 

 some other varieties, 

 and the height growth 

 of the trunk has been 

 rather slow. 



The f oUage is a dark 

 rich green, with abun- 

 dant glaucous bloom. 

 The leaves are 9 to 12 

 feet long,* curving out- 

 ward rather ; 

 below, but with : 



tiffly 



—Cross sections of the rachis of a Menaldier 

 outlfnes at different distances from base 



creasing flexibility to- 



apex 



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gives a long and beau- 





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tiful sweep. The leaf bases are 7 to 9 inches broad, heavy, narrowing 

 gradually to a stout, strongly rounded rib, which tapers slowly to a 

 moderatelv slender anex ({\fT. 14V 



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