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united to the stalk of the sporophyll and to one another. These open by the 

 breakdown of all that part of the wall nearest the axis and the curling back 

 of the upper part, with the peltate shield, as if the umbrella had turned inside 



Fig. 702. — Taxus baccota. Shoot bearing male 

 strobili. 



out. Thus the pollen is easily dispersed by the wind. It is caught by a 

 pollination-drop of liquid at the micropyle of the ovule. 



Sporophyll 



Microsporangium 



Cone axis 



? — Bract 



Fig. 703. — Taxus baccata. Longitudinal 

 section of a male strobilus. 



