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[DECEMBER 



stem whose cross-section 2 s cm 



was 



cm 



symmetry 



Fig. 5 



Fig. 6 



Figs. 5-7.— Basal lateral 

 views of the sprouts three 

 years after the beginning of 

 fasciation, illustrating separa- 

 tion of cortex from woody 

 cylinder and consequent ex- 

 posure of wood to weather. 



Fig. 7 



lost, and practically disappeared in fasciating sprouts at the end 

 of three years' growth. Nearly all of the specimens which had 

 such manifest banding and bundling during their first three years 



