SEED-BEARING PLANTS 
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363. Megasporophylls. The megasporophylls, or car- 
pels, occur either in axillary cones (Fig. 289), or in groups 
FIG. 291. Cycas media. Trunk, with foliage leaves removed, showing 
crown of megasporophylls (carpels). (Specimen in Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden.) (Cf. Fig. 289.) 
at the summit of the main stem, surrounding the growing 
point of the stem, and surrounded by the foliage-leaves 
(Figs. 290 and 291). In the latter case they possess a pin- 
