FIG. 43. — Cyathea valdesquamata Janssen & Rakotondr.: A, leaf scars and trunk surface; B, pinnule segments abaxially with a fragment of the costula (at the junction with the costa), note the dense scaly indument; C, habit; D, rachis fragment with the basal part of two pinnae, abaxial view, sori only partly indicated, note the close standing pinnules and the proximal pinnules overlapping the rachis; E, scale from the abaxial face of a costula; F, basal part of the leaf (from the petiole base up to the first seven pinna pairs), lateral view, one half of the petiole pruned away by longitudinal section; G, scale from the abaxial face of the base of the petiole. A, Janssen et al. 2883 (P); B-G, Janssen et al. 2907 (P). Scale bars: A, 1 cm; B, G, 0.5 cm; C, 1 m; D, F, 5 cm; E, 0.1 cm.