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CHIAROSCURO. The tangled branches of a 

 tournefortia tree make an interesting subject for 

 Life photographer Fritz Goro. Named for the 

 famous 17th Century French botanist Tournefort, 

 this tree is one of the half-dozen species com- 

 monly found on the Bikini Atoll. Trees and other 



flora were studied by Dr. W. A. Taylor of the 

 University of Michigan as part of the general in- 

 vestigation of changes produced by the atomic 

 bomb explosions. It was thought that the atomic 

 bomb radiations might produce some interesting 

 mutations in plant life. 



