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being insignificant. The stems, vfhich grow several feet in height, are slender 

 and terete, clothed with velvety down. The leaves are deltoid-ovate, 4 in. 

 to 10 in. long, triternately pinnate, with the main rachis flattened or slightly 

 winged ; there are six or eight pairs of pinnae, and four to eight pairs of pinnules, 

 which vary from one-third to two-thirds of an inch in length, and are obliquely 



Paullinia thalictrifolia. 



obovate, the upper ones being slightly cuneate, and the lower ones two or three- 

 lobed ; the terminal pinnule is obovate-cuneate. The flowers are in compound 

 racemes from the leaf-axils, but are small and insignificant. 



In a young state, such as that represented in the accompanying figure, it 

 forms a very elegant fern-like tuft. When more fully developed, it resembles a 

 climbing fern, and being light and slender in growth, forms a very handsome 



