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transverse dehiscerce. The microstrobili of Cedriis are similar 

 but longer. In Torreya (fig. 684, D), Taxodium, Widdringtonia, 



Fig. 676. Podocarpm latifolia. (f nat. size.) il. S. 



Fig. 677. GrypUrnicria japonica. Proliferous cone. (Nat. size.) 



and some other genera there are 4 — 6 microsporangia on each 

 sporophyll. In Araucaria and Agathis there may be as many as 



