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transverse dehiscence. The microstrobili of Cedrus are similar 

 but longer. In Torreya (fig. 684, D), Taxodium, Widdringtonia, 



FiG. 676. Podocarpus latifolia. (f nat. size.) M. S. 



FIG. 677. Cryptomeria japonica. Proliferous cone. (Nat. size.) 



and some other genera there are 4 6 microsporangia on each 

 sporophyll. In Araucaria and Agathis there may be as many as 



