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- sometimes shorter and more triangular, but this cha- 
_ Yacter appears rather the exception than the rule; 
for, in the specimens before me, I find by far the 
greater number have the first pair of pinne fully as 
Jong as either of the others: all the pine are pin- 
Mate: the pinnules are sessile, but attached by a 
very narrow base, and so deeply divided into lobes as 
) appear almost pinnatifid; the lobes are toothed 
whereby the present species may be readily 
‘the anterior branch bears a mass of seeds about mid- 
way between the midvein and the edge of the pinnule ; 
masses, which are ten or twelve in each pinnule, 
always approximate, and finally completely con-— 
; each of the masses is covered by a kidney- 
, lead-coloured involucre, which is attached to the 
short stalk placed in the lateral notch. The 
sre is furnished with a fringe of stalked glands. 
in all probability, is emitted the scent which 
caused so many authors to call this plant by the 
of Fragrans; they are more conspicuous in the 
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the surface of the frond are scattered numerous 
erical and nearly sessile glands; from 
