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Most of the scales of a cone are in indefinite phyllotactic relation, while definite phyllotaxis is found only at points on the cone.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

The phyllotactic conditions must differ, and the obvious spirals, in passing from base to apex, must undergo readjustment.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell