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Fig. 31.—ATHE0TAXIS GUPRESSOIDES, A. LAXIFOLIA. 



Athrolaz'ts cwpressoides. — o, spray with an expanded female cone and four male cones ; b, end 

 of branchlct ; c, cone-scale with one seed attached ; d, seeds. A. laxijalia. — e, spray with expanded 

 female cone ; /, end of branchlet, showing bauds of stomata ou leaves ; <j, inner face of leaf ; /(, cone- 

 scale with a seed attached ; i, seed. 



Athrotaxis selaginoides, Don. (Fig. 32.) 

 King William Pine. 



Cunninghamia selaginoides, Zuccarini ; Athrotaxis alpina, van Houtte. 



A tall, gaunt tree 100 ft. high and up to 9 ft. in girth. Leaves 

 longer, broader, and more loosely arranged than in the other 

 species ; ^\ in. long, lance-shaped, leathery, sharp-pointed, 

 keeled on the outer surface, curving inwards and loosely over- 



