fascicle

• The fascicle, at a distance of about fifty feet, meets a white balloon which it renders visible from every point in the horizon. —  Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885
• This bud contains both fascicle-buds, destined for secondary leaves, and larger paler buds at its base. —  The Genus Pinus
• The former are the origin of the numerous shoots that cover the trunk and branches of P. rigida, leiophylla and a few other species (fig. 10). The latter develop into shoots in the centre of a leaf-fascicle (fig. 11) when the branchlet, bearing the fascicle, has been injured The size, color and form of buds, the presence of resin in quantity, etc., assist in the diagnosis of species. —  The Genus Pinus
• The scales of the fascicle-bud elongate into a basal sheath, deciduous (fig. 15) in all Soft Pines except P. Nelsonii, persistent (fig. 16) in all Hard Pines except P. leiophylla and Lumholtzii. —  The Genus Pinus
• Inasmuch as these three species are easily recognized, the fascicle-sheath is useful for sectional distinctions EXTERNAL CHARACTERS The number of leaves in the fascicle is virtually constant in most species, the variations being too rare to be worthy of consideration. —  The Genus Pinus

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