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black, slender stipes (stalks) about Sin. in length, are produced from a 

 tufted crown in the same way as those of A. cuneatwm. The leafy portion 

 of the fronds is also of the same triangular shape as in that popular 

 species, but the pinna? (leaflets) are disposed further apart and borne on 



Fig. 44. Acliantum palmatum 



(i nat. size). 



distinct stalks, the lower ones being about lin. long and the others becoming 

 gradually shorter as they approach the summit of the frond, which is usually 

 terminated by a large cuneate (wedge-shaped), two- or three-lobed pinnule 

 (leant). The other pinnules are very small, rhomboid (with four equal sides), 



