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1821 W. P. C. BartonFlora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 120 Radical leaves numerous, spathulated, ciliated, and slightly pubescent.
1859 R. G. MayneExpos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1178/1 The Spondylus spathuliferus has its shell charged with many rows of simple and spathulated scales.