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BOTANICAL GAZETTE 



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in the axil of the leaf, and, as Strasburger (35) pointed out for 

 T. baccata, begins with two transverse scales, following which are 

 a number of scales in spiral order, in the axil of one (or two) of 



Figs. 1-5. — Fig. 1, long section of primary shoot showing rudiment of secondary 

 shoot; fig. 2, secondary shoot with young ovule and primary axis tip pushed to side; 

 fig. 3, primary shoot which has developed two small leaves, shown below ovule; 

 fig. 4, primary shoot which has become functionally vegetative, showing ovule at 

 base; fig. 5, median longitudinal section of primary shoot, secondary shoot, and 

 ovule, such as fig. 4; figs. 1, 2, X24; fig. 5, Xi7- 



which the secondary shoot (or shoots) arise. The scales of the 

 primary shoot are very similar to the scales of the staminate 



