The Anatomy of Saxegothaea conspicua, Lindl. 215 
At its base the axis of the female cone shews in transverse 
section a ring of about eight or nine bundles, endarch and 
collateral, enclosing a solid pith of rounded rather thick parenchy¬ 
matous cells. On the outer side of the phloem of each bundle is a 
large resin-canal, as large as, or larger than, the bundle itself. As the 
apex of the cone is approached, the bundles begin to diminish in 
number, and grow gradually fewer, until near the apex of the cone 
they are reduced to two or three. 
Below the insertion of a scale of the cone, one of the bundles 
divides in a tangential plane into a larger and a smaller bundle, 
while a short distance higher up this is followed by the division of 
the resin-canal into two equal canals. The larger bundle with its 
resin-canal then bends up through the cortex into the scale, while 
the smaller continues its course up the main axis, where it 
ultimately dies out, sometimes dividing again and giving off the 
bundle of another scale. 
The vascular bundle of the scale continues at first in an almost 
Fig. 32. Transverse section of the bundle of the female' sporophyll towards J 
the tip.» x 500. -{j 
