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which for the rest is bent freely around the ovule and is 
fixed with a broad base on the carpel. 
Finely Dacrydium Bidwillit represents a last transitional 
stage in which the epimatium encloses the ovule entirely, out 
of which the micropyle projects only through a small aper- 
ture. Epimatium and integument, however, are not yet fused. 
Às is mentioned already the ovule is composed of a 
nucellus enclosed by an integument, which is fused with it 
for two-thirds of the height from the base. In the ripe 
seed the integument is differentiated in an inner membra- 
naceous endotesta and an outer hard sclerotesta, where- 
as the epimatium which is often hardly to be separated 
from the sclerotesta forms a tough fleshy sarcotesta, as 
an outermost envelopment. 
On the sclerotesta, three ribs are clearly to be disting- 
uished running from the micropyle to about the level of 
separation of nucellus and integument. The stony coat splits 
entirely according to those ribs when pressed, and in 
transverse sections sutures are to be seen on those places. 
The vascular system consists of two bundles running 
in the epimatium. According to Gibbs (67) they have 
a inverse orientation, affected by the rotation of the 
two bundles as they descend the scale. 
8 26. Cephalotaxus drupacea. Sieb et Zucc. 
Literature: Pilger (117), Spiess (141), Worsdell 
4176 ,#177) 
Material: Ceph. drupacea Bot. Gard Rome. 
- D Mode ; ,»  Kew. 
” RL At :  AlOKIO: 
Ceph. Fortunei * F , Rome. 
. sl ss »  Kew. 
3 KA : » Lausanne. 
Ceph. follicularis* ,, , Palermo. 
Ceph. pedunculata  , » Rome. 
