BOTAXICAL GAZETTE 



[OCTOBER 



Figs. 129-141. — Cunninghamia Davidiana: fig. 129, vascular supplies to bract 

 and scale leave cylinder gap as one bundle (bs); figs. 130, 131, and 132-134, splitting 

 up of single bundle; figs. 135-138, transverse sections of sporophyll small strands split 

 off from lower series or begin blindly (fig. 134, dots) and come to lie on dorsal side of 

 sporophyll; the majority of these small bundles finally bend toward chalaza of ovules 

 and end there; the majority of lower bundles enter free portion of bract (fig. 138, B) 

 beyond insertion of scale (5); fig. 139, longitudinal section of sporophyll, scale (S) 

 appears as flap beyond insertion of ovules (0); fig. 140, transverse section of sterile 

 sporophyll near tip of strobilus, dark stained elevations (.v) taking place of scale and 

 ovules; fig. 141, longitudinal section of sterile sporophyll at base of cone, similar 

 outgrowths (.v) as in fig. 140; X7- 



