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BULLETIN" 223_, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUBE. 



The antrorse pinnae comprise from 34 to 42 per cent of the whole 

 number, the retrorse class furnishing from 31 to 36 per cent, while of 



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Fig. 11. — Cross sections of the rachis of a Deglet Noor date leaf, showing outlines at different distances from 



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the introrse pinnae there are but 15 to 25 per cent. Unclassified 

 basal spines make up the balance. 



