Tuatara: Volume 30, Issue 1, December 1988
Fig. 11. Recently pollinated ovule of miro (December). Note the spiralled scales on the ovule stalk and the pinkish glaucous, petal-like scales (sterile carpidia) at the ovule base. a. ovule, b. scaled stalk (5mm). — Fig. 12. Immature male cones of miro (September). The cones are visible throughout winter and shed pollen in about November. — Fig. 13. Two stages of seed development in miro (March). The samll glaucous (green) ovule on the right is in its first season's growth, having been pollina…
Fig. 11. Recently pollinated ovule of miro (December). Note the spiralled scales on the ovule stalk and the pinkish glaucous, petal-like scales (sterile carpidia) at the ovule base. a. ovule, b. scaled stalk (5mm).
Fig. 12. Immature male cones of miro (September). The cones are visible throughout winter and shed pollen in about November.
Fig. 13. Two stages of seed development in miro (March). The samll glaucous (green) ovule on the right is in its first season's growth, having been pollinated the previous November. The ripe (red) fruit on the left is a year older and fully developed.