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the staminate cone of Saxegothaea (150). It is probable that mesarch 

 bundles will be found to be a common feature of the cotyledons of all 



Fig. 373. — PhyUodadiis rlwmboidaUs: portion of a small branch showing leaves 

 (/), from the axils of which come the phylloclads (p); natural size. 



Taxaceae, and that they will prove to be of common occurrence in the 

 peripheral parts of the shoot. However this may be, the number of 

 cases reported already are sufficient to contrast the Taxaceae with the 



