The Anatomy of Saxegothaea conspicua, Lindl. 213 
figure in Paxton’s “ Flower Garden ” and on p. 229bof “The Vegetable 
Kingdom ” shews the general appearance of the cone after the 
dehiscence of the sporangia, while his figure of the sporophyll 
shews two pollen-sacs present on a scale with the long reflexed tip 
caused by their dehiscence, which is, of course, incorrect. Both 
Lindley and Thibout decide that the male cone is very similar to 
that of Podocarpus. It appears also to shew some points of re¬ 
semblance with Araucaria. As in the latter genus the pollen 
grains are not winged, in which respect they differ from those of 
Podocarpus. 
The Female Cone. 
The female cones are terminal on somewhat elongated branches, 
and consist of globular heads of spirally-arranged ovate-lanceolate 
imbricate ovuliferous scales (Fig. 30). The cone-bearing branch 
Fig. 30. Branch bearing a female cone, x 2. (For this drawing I am indebted 
to Mrs. Seward). 
bears on its lower part several spirally-arranged leaf-like bracts 
which graduate into the ovuliferous scales. Each of the latter 
bears a single inverted ovule in a slight depression on the upper 
surface at a point nearer the insertion of the scale than the tip § 
The nucellus is enclosed in two integuments, the outer being loose 
and not so long as the ovule, the inner being of a firm texture and 
completely enclosing the nucellus, except at the micropyle, where a 
large part of it is extruded (Fig. 31), as is also the case in Araucaria. 
