Classification of Plants 289 



Erect or prostrate shrubs or trees. iMostly in the south-western 



F]G. 200. — Staminate cones of the Silver Tree, Lt^iicadendn^// Lirgcmr/nn , 

 R. Br. (Photograph by E. J. Steer, Esq.) 



parts of Cape Province but also extending northwards. A few are found 

 north of the Equator. About a hundred species. 



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