152 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
Among the most familiar instances of fasciation is that 
of the Asparagus. Interesting in this connection is the ex- 
perience of an asparagus grower of California, who claims 
that the greater percentage of fasciated asparagus shoots 
is to be met with among those which are the first to pierce 
the soil, and especially so after a cold winter. This again 
would tend to confirm Goebel’s view. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
Plate 17.— Ovalis crenata. Above, normal tubers, x 1/,. Below, 
fasciated tuber bearing a normal and fasciated shoot; two views, Slightly 
reduced. 
Plate 18.— Oxalis crenata. A fasciated plant, X !/,. 
Plate 19.— Oxalis crenata. Three fasciated shoots, one of them, bear- 
ing a number of aerial tubers, x 1/,, the other two X15. 
