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BOTANICAL GAZETTE 



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somewhat older than the stage shown in -fig. 2j is distinctly beaked at 

 the end, where most of the blepharoplast granules lie. This nuclear 



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form 



Fig. 6. — A tall branching plant^growing in the open and having much the same 



beak is described for Cycas by Ikeno (7), but according to Webber's 

 figures it does not occur in Zamia. The sperm cells nearly always 



