66 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 
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Fic. 32. — Excurrent Trunks of Big Trees 
(Sequoias). 
over five spaces before 
coming to a leaf which 
is over the first, and in 
doing this it is necessary 
to make two complete 
turns round the stem 
(Fig. 105). 
82. Growth of the Ter- 
minal Bud. — In some 
trees the terminal bud 
from the very outset 
keeps the leading place, 
and the result of this 
mode of growth is to 
produce a slender, up- 
right tree, with an exewr- 
rent trunk like that of 
Fig. 32 
In such trees as the 
apple and many oaks the 
terminal bud has no pre- 
eminence over others, and 
the form of the tree is 
round-topped and spread- 
ing, deliquescent like that 
in Fig. 338. 
Most of the larger for- 
est trees are intermediate 
between these extremes. 
Branches get their 
characteristics to a 
