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Fig. 772. — Wehvitschia itiirubilis. Blanching axis bearing 

 male strobili. 



(Fig, 774), furnished with two pairs of decussate, perianth scales, surround- 

 ing six trilocular stamens joined in a ring. The outstanding feature is 

 the presence, in the centre of each male flower, of an abortive ovule, the 



Fig. 773. — Wehvitsc/iiainirabi/is. Group of 



three male strobili showing expanded 



male flowers and subtending bracts. 



{From Church, " Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc," 

 B, 205, by permission of the Royal Society.) 



