21. The minute leaflets and the rachis have a rufous tone before they mature. 22. The rachis is dark purple-brown with red-brown lanceolate scales. 23. This resulting feather is one with a tuft of branched barbs without a rachis . 24. The rachis is generally smooth, but in some species it is slightly spiny. 25. The underside of the rachis and blade have a few scattered, small hairs. 26. The rachis is hairy and the leaf is divided into a few elongated leaflets. 27. It has a broad midrib ( rachis ). 28. Leaves are tripinnate with spines along the rachis . 29. A pollen cone consists of a slender rachis with numerous spirally arranged microsporophylls around it. 30. Each leaflet may be attached to the rachis by a short stalk called the petiolule.
