| 1. | The young expanding leaves are whitish or pinkish with very soft tomentum.
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| 2. | New growth is margined with a short but dense white woolly tomentum.
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| 3. | The branches are covered with a creamy white tomentum very long lasting.
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| 4. | The new leaf spear and edges of the petioles are covered with a white tomentum.
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| 5. | Capsule, ?inch long, S ! broad, rather turgid, densely covered with rusty tomentum.
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| 6. | The acorn cups are light grey to almost white, with pointed, overlapping scales, covered with tomentum.
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| 7. | The stems grow to 2 5 m tall, with numerous petioles are covered in brown tomentum and armed with sharp spines.
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| 8. | The Latin word meaning'cushion stuffing,'tomentum, is used to describe a woolly coating formed by the tomentose hairs.
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| 9. | The individual tomentum ); and the edges of the caps have a layer of very fine hairs and are lobed and wavy.
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| 10. | The underside is covered by light brown tomentum and rhizines except on raised areas that correspond to the depressions on the upper surface.
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