Classification of Plants 289 



Erect or prostrate shrubs or trees. Mostly in the south-western 



FIG. 260. Staminate cones of the Silver Tree, Leucadendron argenleum, 

 R. Br. (Photograph by E. J. Steer, Esq.) 



parts of Cape Province but also extending northwards. A few are found 

 north of the Equator. About a hundred species. 



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