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ophis: ripening pollen cones, japanese yew
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ophis: globose pollen cones swell on elongating stalks
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ophis: gaps between sporophylls marked by seams
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ophis: sporophylls splitting below at anthesis
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ophis: inconspicuous 2 mm vegetative buds still closed
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ophis: underside 1st year twig with axillary short-pediceled cones
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ophis: underside 1st and 2nd year twigs, cultivated yew