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Figure 3.1: Pollen cone morphology and arrangement in Prumnopitys taxifolia.A : Young fertile branch or spike approximately 14 mm long bearing pollen coneprimordia (arrowheads) in the axils of the leaf-like br<strong>ac</strong>ts, Unlike the new vegetativeshoots (arrow), the emerging spikes are glaucous and erect. Photographed earlysummer (December). Scale = 5 mm.B : Fertile branch or spike approx. 50 mm long bearing young pollen cones in axils ofleaf-like br<strong>ac</strong>ts (arrowheads). Cones are approx. 3 mm long x 1 mm diam.Photographed in autumn (March).C : Branched pollen cones can occur. In this specimen there are five branched cones(arrowhead) and several abnormally short cones (arrow).D : Mature pollen cones just prior to pollen dispersal. Leaf-like br<strong>ac</strong>ts have been shed.Pollen cones have become crowded towards apex of spike (arrow), due to reducedinternode growth. Cones up to 15 mm long and approx. 2 mm diam.E : Pollen cone and spike lengths vary with the individual. These were photographedin late winter (August) on a smalltree propagated by a cutting from adult foliage.F : Young pollen cone in early spring (September). The developing microsporangiaare concealed by the overlapping scale tips (arrowheads). Scale = 1 mm.G : Mature pollen cone in late spring (November). On e<strong>ac</strong>h microsporophyll the twofree sporangia (arrowheads) are greatly expanded, while the scale tips are unchanged,Scale = 1 mm.

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