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MORPHOLOGY OF GYMNOSPERxMS 



Fig. 274. — Finns Laricio: Ijranch from top of thrifty tree, June i; the four small 

 strobili at the top are in the sta^e shown in fig. 280; in the strobiH next below, which 

 are a year older, the archegonium initials are distinguishable (fig. 289); the strobili 

 next below, another j-ear older, have shed their seeds; to the right is a cluster of 

 staminate strobili just ready to shed pollen. 



