Figure 2. Welwitschia mirabilis. A, female cone; B, diagram of female reproductive unit; C, mature seed; D, young female reproductive unit with subtending bract removed; E, young functional ovule; F, germinating seed. Abbreviations: b, subtending bract; c, cotyledons; f, feeder; i, inner bracteole; n, nucellus; o, outer bracteole; r, radicle; t, micropylar tube; u, suspensor. (A, C, D, Hort., Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden; E, redrawn from Hooker t. 9, fig. 12 (1863); F, adapted from Bornmam, p. 41, fig. 22 (1978)). Scale bars represent 10 mm (A, C) or 5 mm (D). Drawn by M.Steyn.