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Evidently the characters implied in the ‘subterminal and lateral cones” 
of authors would have a wider application and a more accurate significance 
if expressed in terms of the uninodal and multinodal vernal shoots, since 
these last characters are present on young or sterile as well as on fertile 
trees, while the lateral and subterminal conelets often coexist on the same 
branch. ‘‘Subterminal cone” is an unfortunate term. No distinction has 
been made by authors between the immature cone of the first season, which 
may be either subterminal or lateral, and the ripe cone of the following 
season when it is invariably and inevitably lateral; therefore “‘conelet,” 
proposed by Monr exclusively for the cone of the first year, will be used here. 
After the vernal growth is clearly 
/ defined and the flowers have been polli- 
nated, it often happens that a summer 
growth takes place that was not apparent 
in the winter bud. This growth, in the 
summer, differs from the spring growth 
|/ not only in its less development but also 
Y -in its green bracts, which, not being re- 
quired for the protection of the winter 
bud, assume more or less completely the 
size, color, and character of the primary 
leaf; and at the end of the season, when 
| the bracts have withered or fallen away, 
Bungeana this summer shoot can be recognized by 
its shorter leaves. This growth, of course, 
dol does not affect the status of those conelets 
bes w. whose lateral position has been established 
Fic. 2 already on the spring growth, but it re- 
duces subterminal conelets to a quasi- 
lateral position and converts a uninodal into an imperfect multinodal 
shoot 
and pseudo-iateral 
This summer growth is quite common and may occur on any pine. 
On most species it is merely sporadic, appearing here and there on vigorous 
branches, more commonly on younger than on older trees; on a few species 
it is usual and characteristic, at least in youth Of these latter P. Bun- 
geana, the Chinese nut pine, is a very perfect example, and its hardiness 
in this latitude offers an excellent opportunity for the study of this pecu- 
harity (fig. 2). The three positions of the conelet, corresponding to the 
uninodal, multinodal, and summer shoots, may be conveniently distin- 
guished respectively as subterminal, lateral, and pseudo-lateral conelets. 
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