﻿Stability 
  and 
  Real 
  Atavism 
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  are 
  chiefly 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  foliage 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   branches, 
  these 
  aberrations 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  on 
  

   the 
  plants 
  during 
  the 
  whole 
  year. 
  Moreover 
  

   they 
  are 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  much 
  more 
  numerous 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  instance. 
  The 
  Cryptomeria 
  of 
  

   Japan 
  has 
  a 
  variety 
  with 
  twigs 
  resembling 
  

   ropes. 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  caused 
  by 
  a 
  twisting, 
  but 
  

   only 
  by 
  a 
  curvature 
  of 
  the 
  needles 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  

   that 
  they 
  seem 
  to 
  grow 
  in 
  spiral 
  lines 
  around 
  

   the 
  twigs. 
  This 
  variety 
  often 
  reverts 
  to 
  the 
  

   type 
  with 
  widely 
  spread, 
  straight 
  needles. 
  And 
  

   on 
  many 
  a 
  specimen 
  four, 
  five, 
  or 
  more 
  reverted 
  

   branches 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  on 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  shrub. 
  Still 
  more 
  widely 
  cultivated 
  is 
  the 
  

   shrub 
  called 
  Cephalotaxus 
  pedunculata 
  fasti- 
  

   giata, 
  and 
  more 
  commonly 
  known 
  under 
  its 
  old 
  

   name 
  of 
  Podocarpus 
  koraiana. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  broom- 
  

   like 
  variety 
  of 
  a 
  species, 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  

   common 
  American 
  and 
  European 
  .species 
  of 
  

   yew, 
  (Taxus 
  minor 
  and 
  T. 
  baccata). 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  low 
  

   shrub, 
  with 
  broadly 
  linear 
  leaves 
  of 
  a 
  clear 
  

   green. 
  In 
  the 
  species 
  the 
  leaves 
  are 
  arranged 
  in 
  

   two 
  rows, 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  left 
  and 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  right 
  

   of 
  the 
  horizontally 
  growing 
  and 
  widely 
  spread- 
  

   ing 
  branches. 
  In 
  the 
  variety 
  the 
  branches 
  are 
  

   erect 
  and 
  the 
  leaves 
  inserted 
  on 
  all 
  sides. 
  

   When 
  sporting, 
  it 
  returns 
  to 
  the 
  bilateral 
  pro- 
  

   totype 
  and 
  flat 
  wings 
  of 
  fan- 
  shaped 
  twigs 
  are 
  

   produced 
  laterally 
  on 
  its 
  dense 
  broom-like 
  tufts. 
  

  

  