3° 2 



BOTANICAL GAZETTE 





Figs. 162-170. — Agathis australis: fig. 162, vascular supply to sporophyll springs 

 from single strand near base of cylinder gap; figs. 163-168, course of bundles in cortex 

 and sporophyll, a bundle springs from a median bundle, becomes inverted (fig. 166), 

 then breaks into two branches which enter chalaza of ovule (fig. 168), X8.5; fig. 169, 

 longitudinal section of sporophyll, an elevation appears distal to insertion of ovule; 

 fig. 170, transverse section of sporophyll, inverted bundles have sprung from three of 

 median lower. 



