298 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [OCTOBER 
Fics. 129-141.—Cunninghamia Davidiana: fig. 129, vascular supplies to bract 
and scale leave cylinder gap as one bundle (bs); figs. 130, 131, and 132-134, splitting 
up of single bundle; figs. 135-138, transverse sections of sporophyll small strands split 
off from lower series or begin blindly (fig. 134, dots) and come to lie on dorsal side of 
sporophyll; the majority of these small bundles finally bend toward chalaza of ovules 
and end there; the majority of lower bundles enter free portion of bract (fig. 138, B) 
ploy insertion of scale (S); fig. 139, longitudinal section of sporophyll, scale (5) 
ears as flap beyond insertion of ovules (0); fig. 140, transverse section of sterile 
sporophyl near tip of strobilus, dark stained elevations (x) taking place of scale and 
ovules; fig. r4r, longitudinal section of sterile sporophyll at base of cone, similar 
cuteriw the (x) as in fig. 140; 
