Female Strobilus in Gnetum Gnemon . 989 
blindly in the tissue below the groove between the second and third coats 
of the ovule. 
In Fig. 4 the vascular complexes are shown as they appear in a cross- 
section through the base of the flower. They always contain a con- 
siderable mass of phloem, but the xylem tends to break up into separate 
strands, and in some cases, as at .r, independent bundles are formed. 
