14 COHESION. 
the former it may be said that the whole of the stem 
is more or less affected, in the latter it is rare to see 
more than one or two branches of the same tree thus 
deformed. It is a common thing for the fasciated 
branch to divide at the summit into a number of sub- 
divisions. These latter may be deformed like the parent 
branch, or they may resume the ordinary aspect of the 
twigs. 
Sometimes the flattened stem is destitute of buds, 
at other times, these organs are scattered irregularly 
over its surface or are crowded together in a sort of 
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Fra. 6.—Fasciation and spiral torsion in the stem of Asparagus. 
