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The Pines of Australia. 



Figure 205. — Transverse section through branchlet and decurrent leaves. 

 The black patches in the lower portions of the spongy 

 mesophyll are manganese. AcUnostrobus pyramidalis, x 50. 



Figure 206. — Transverse section through briinchlct with attached de- 

 current leaves, showing decurrent channels more distinctly 

 than Figure 205. A. pyramidalis, x 70. 



Transverse sections of branehlets and decurrent leaves, Actinostrobus pyramidalis, Miq. 



