230 TAXINE^. [part i. 



leaves are pinnate, and unroll instead of unfold- 

 ing. The flowers are male and female, both 

 of which are produced in cones in Zamia ; and 

 the male flowers in cones in Cycas, while the 

 female ones appear on the margin, and in the 

 notches of abortive leaves, which spring in a 

 mass from the centre. 



