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vertically than in the rays of a Conifer. Attention has already been 

 called to the difficulty of distinguishing between the fohage-shoots 

 of some Conifers, Dicotyledons and Lycopodiaceous plants. The 



Fig. 711. A, Veronica Hectori; B, Callitris calcarata; C, Veronica cupressoides ; 

 D, Athrotaxis cupressoides ; E, Crassula lycopodioides. M. S. 



twigs reproduced in fig. 711 are examples of misleading resemblances, 

 and similar instances are cited by Bommer. The Conifer Podocarpus 

 dacrydioides was described by Banks and Solander as Lycopodium 



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