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Fig. 68. Larix europaa, DC, htirch. 1, branch bearing a long shoot 

 and several dwarf shoots, and (a) a proliferous cone ; 2, shoot with 

 male ( cT ) and female ( i ) flowers ; 3, male flower ; 4 and 5, unopened, 

 and 6, ruptured stamens ; 7 and 8, scale of female flower seen from without 

 and within; 9, ovuliferons scale; 10, cone; 11 — 14, seeds; 15, dwarf-shoot 

 in section ; 16, leaf and its section (Wi). 



