USGS11616.1 Indet. U188

Notes

USNM 406855

 

Locality

USGS11616

Lat. 60°43' 12"N  Long. 164° 40' 58"W

Baird Inlet (C-8) Quad. Nelson Island. 

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Description

Leaf:  simple (?); symmetrical (?); broadly ovate, deeply lobed; apex rounded; base rounded; margin deeply lobed, main lobes bearing smaller subsidiary lobes, apices of lobes obtuse to rounded, sides rounded, sinuses angular acute; venation palmate, basal marginal actinodromous, midvein moderate, more or less straight; a-pectinals moderate, more or less straight or slightly curved, may be recurved in the lobes, departing the midvein at angles of approximately 45°; a-pectinal abmedials given off at angles of 35°, more or less straight or slightly curved, basal abmedial forming weak b-pectinal giving off subsidiary veins abmedially at angles of 70°; superior secondary veins moderate curved, may be recurved in the lobes, depart the midvein at angles of 35° and terminate in the apices of the apical lobes; tertiary veins indistinct, transverse, percurrent more or less straight to convex.

Remarks

These distinctive leaves have not been previously described to my knowledge.