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group of stamens; and to distinguish it from the other cone 

 it may be called the staminate cone. It should be remem- 



i a 



b 3 



FIG. 202. Tip of pine branch, showing carpellate cones of first year (a), second 

 year (6), and third year (c); also a cluster of staminate cones (rf). 



bered, however, that all these structures are found also 

 among Pteridophytes, though they are not called by these 

 names. 



The large cone of the pine is made up of sporophylls 



