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STACHYOTAXUS 



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Cyparissidium septentrionale. The discovery of additional material 

 led Nathorst to transfer some of the specimens to a new genus 

 Stachyotaxus. The foliage-shoots of Stachyotaxus elegans 1 are 

 dimorphic ; some of the leaves are appressed and imbricate as in 



FIG. 796. Stachyotaxus elegans. A, B, nat. size; C, slightly enlarged; 

 D, x 3. (After Nathorst.) 



Cyparissidium and some other Conifers while others are linear 

 and distichous (fig. 796, A), sessile and decurrent, with a lamina 

 reaching a length of about 1 cm. The epidermal cells have straight 

 walls and the stomata occur in two rows on the lower surface. 

 The megastrobili (fig. 796, B) have the form of spikes about 

 1 Nathorst (08 2 ) p. 11, Pis. n., in. 



