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P. magnifica has circular statoblasts with long marginal processes, while in P. gelatinosa the statoblasts are subquadrate and in P. burmanica almost circular, both Asiatic forms having very short marginal processes.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

The body is very convex:, having the thorax as wide as the abdomen, subquadrate, with very convex sides.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by King, Phillip Parker

Lodicules are two, fleshy and cuneate or subquadrate.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

Stems thalloid, with large subquadrate succubous leaves; underleaves none.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Stems pinnately decompound, densely tufted, glaucous, 2–6´ long; leaves nearly uniform; underleaves subquadrate, as wide as the stem.—Among mosses in swamps; common.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa