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the discoverer trave the name of Cordaianthus Wilham- 



Fig. 194. — Cordaiaiitlius Williamsont. A. Somewhat tangential section of a female 

 catkin, showing two uvules. a, axis ; /', sterile bracts, and bundles running to them ; 

 c, ovules ; t(, axillary shoot, bearing an ovule ; u, nucellus. X about 10. B. Ovule, 

 more highly magnified. </, short axillary shoot, terminated by the ovule ; /', bracteole ; 

 c-f, outer, c, inner integument ; c/i, chalaza ; n, shrivelled nucellus ; p; apex of 

 nucellus. X about 35. After Renault. 



soni (Fig. 194, A), the axis bore numerous, spirally 



