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divergent segments. In 1777 the English botanist 

 Sir J. E. Smith expressed his disapproval of what 



Fig. 19. Ginkgo biloha Linn. (Slightly reduced.) 



he called the uncouth name Ginkgo by substituting 

 for Ginkgo biloha the title Salisburia adiantifoliaj 



