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stands in the axil of the budscale, had an abnormal 
shape, that is to say was split, or had only one terminal 
Fig. 3. Ginkgo biloba; young strobili with ovules; 1, 2, 3 and 4 
strobili with stalked ovules: 5 strobilus with one terminal ovule: 6, 12 
and 13 strobili with three stalked ovules: 7 and 11 strobili with two 
stalked ovules: 8 strobilus with two sessile ovules: 9 strobilus with 
three sessile ovules, seen from above; 10 strobilus with four sessile 
ovules, seen from above. 
ovule, or was in some other way curiously formed. 
