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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  are 
  broadened 
  and 
  flattened 
  from 
  the 
  very 
  be- 
  

   ginning, 
  and 
  often 
  retain 
  the 
  incipient 
  breadth 
  

   throughout 
  their 
  further 
  development. 
  Species 
  

   of 
  primroses 
  (Primula 
  japonica 
  and 
  others), 
  of 
  

   buttercups 
  (Ranunculus 
  bulbosus), 
  the 
  rough 
  

   hawksbeard 
  (Crepis 
  biennis), 
  the 
  Aster 
  Tripo- 
  

   lium 
  and 
  many 
  others 
  could 
  be 
  given 
  as 
  in- 
  

   stances. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  so 
  rare 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  considered 
  

   as 
  poor 
  races, 
  and 
  in 
  cultural 
  trials 
  do 
  not 
  pro- 
  

   duce 
  the 
  anomaly 
  except 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  in- 
  

   stances. 
  Heads 
  of 
  rye 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  cleft 
  

   condition 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  single 
  at 
  their 
  base 
  

   and 
  double 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  but 
  this 
  anomaly 
  is 
  only 
  

   exceptionally 
  repeated 
  from 
  seed. 
  Flattened 
  

   stems 
  of 
  Rubia 
  tinctorum 
  are 
  not 
  unfrequently 
  

   met 
  with 
  on 
  the 
  fields, 
  but 
  they 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  as 
  

   little 
  hereditary 
  tendency 
  as 
  the 
  split 
  rye 
  

   (Secale 
  Cereale). 
  Many 
  other 
  instances 
  could 
  

   be 
  given. 
  Both 
  in 
  the 
  native 
  localities 
  and 
  in 
  

   pedigree-cultures 
  such 
  ribboned 
  stems 
  are 
  only 
  

   seen 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  in 
  successive 
  years, 
  in 
  

   annual 
  and 
  biennial 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  perennial 
  

   species. 
  The 
  purple 
  pedicularis 
  (Pedicularis 
  

   palustris) 
  in 
  the 
  wild 
  state 
  and 
  the 
  sunflower 
  

   among 
  cultivated 
  plants 
  may 
  be 
  cited 
  instead 
  of 
  

   giving 
  a 
  long 
  list 
  of 
  analogous 
  instances. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  rich 
  races 
  of 
  flattened 
  

   stems 
  are 
  not 
  entirely 
  wanting. 
  They 
  easily 
  be-. 
  

  

  