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ting them to increase in size at base with the increase in the diameter 

 of the axis. So far as recorded, the only deciduous forms are Larix, 

 Taxodium, and Glyptosirobus. 



Fig. 258. — Agathis loranthifolia: a shoot one-half natural size. — Photographed 

 from material furnished by Missouri Botanical Garden. 



