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Fig. 455. Cycas rumphii 
At the apex there is a group of young megasporophylls with megasporangia 
slightly past the pollination stage ; below the sporophylls is a whorl of foliage 
leaves; below this is a circle of old sporophylls with nearly matured seeds; 
below these sporophylls is another whorl of leaves. (X oy 
Seed. The fertilized egg germinates and produces an embryo 
which is inclosed within the tissue of the megasporangium. 
The embryo, together with the surrounding tissue of the female 

