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leafy crowns interlock all over the surface. 1 counted twenty-six 
huge male cones on this plant on one of my visits to it. I had 
occasion to spend several days studying this and other plants in the 
neighbourhood and thus visited it more than once, though I was 
investigating another feature in it. I soon noticed the remarkable 
little bulbils which seemed to be growing all over the thick trunks. 
These varied much in size, and were to be found everywhere on the 
tree, even down to the very base of the oldest trunk. These buds, 
nearly full size, are seen in Fig. 9, (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), in 
several of their early stages. Fig. 9 (iv) shows a complete isolated 
“ bud,” natural size, of the type commonest on the parent tree. 
The smaller buds, like that in Fig. 9 (i) s were also numerous, but 
largely hidden between the armoured scales of the corrugated leaf- 
bases. 
Fig. 9. A. Outer end of leaf base. B. Upper surface of leaf-base, a , end 
of leaf base torn away from the stem-cortex. 
(i.) Leaf-base detached, with a small “ bud ”, s, growing on its upper 
surface. 
(ii.) Older “bud” with hard outer scales and hairy inner ones seen 
between two leaf-bases. 
(iii.) Two views of another “ bud ; ” s, shoot with hairy scales, c, lateral 
attachment of the sprout to the leaf-base, R, root of sprout growing into the air. 
(iv.) Older “bud” which has a short axial portion, s. This bud was 
in active growth, the inner hairy scales protecting small leaves, 
