William Jackson Hooker,
Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume LXXXII…
“ Leaves about a span long, on short, villous petioles, in outline oblong-cuneate, singularly trun- cate at the apex, with tufts of hair at the apex of the midrib; they are deeply pinnatifid, almost to the base, the lobes ovato- triquetrous, sharply acuminate, the lower margin longer than the upper one, the upper side even and more or less downy, dull green: beneath the lobes have many prominent parallel nerves, paler than the upper side, but not white, distinctly downy, mi- nutely reticulated between the nerves: midrib beneath promi- nent and rusty-coloured. ”
