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and his reference of the specimens to the genus 

 Sequoia has been confirmed by the recent researches 

 of Air and Mrs Clement Reid(5o). This Tertiary 

 (Oligocene) species is represented by slender twigs 

 almost identical with those of Sequoia glgantea and 

 by well-preserved cone-scales and seeds (Fig. 15). 



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A B 



Fig. 15. Sequoia Couttsiae Heer. Twigs (A) and cone-scales (B) 

 from Bovey Tracey. ( x 3. ) (Photographs by Mr and Mrs Clement 

 Beid.) 



Moreover, it has been possible to examine micro- 

 scopically the structure of the carbonised outer skin 

 of the leaves and to demonstrate its agreement with 

 that of the superficial tissue in the leaves of the 

 Mammoth tree. With the Bovey Tracey Sequoia 



