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n. - Division of a leaf having leaflets on each side of a common axis

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  • The main rib or vein of a segment, pinnule, pinna, or frond; a midvein.
  • The indusium whitish and sometimes herbaceous, formed of the reflexed margin of the lobes or of the whole pinnule.
  • Sori on the edge of a pinnule terminating a vein; sporangia at the base of a long, bristle-like receptacle surrounded by a cup-shaped indusium.
  • Pinnules on the inferior side of the pinnæ often elongated, especially the lower pair, the pinnule nearest the rachis being usually the longest, at least in the lowest...
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