BENNETTITEAE 



S9i 



was borne at the end of a long stalk, 20 or 30 cm. in 

 length, covered with spirally arranged scale-leaves. 



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FrG. 212. — W'ilHauisonia glgas. — Williamson's original restoration of the plant, show- 

 ing the upright stem, with rlmmboidal leaf-scars, the crown of Zawia-Wke leaves, and 

 the scaly, spherical fructifications. From the Limiean Soc. Trans. 



The exterior of the globular fructification was formed 

 by the overlapping, involucral bracts. No petrified 



