504 The Inconstancy of Fasciated Races. 
to a slight degree, may be manifested frequently; as, 
for instance, in Liliuni speciosum album corymbiflorum 

and in the so-called sword-shaped variety of Fritillaria 
imperialis. The well-known monstrous species of Cactus 
should also be referred to here (C. peruvianus mon- 
strosus). Experimental estimations of the constancy 
Fig. 112. Evonymus japonica. A fasciated much-split twig 
of this common garden plant. A, B, growth in 1898; 
C, D, in 1900. Photographed, Aug. 1900, from life. 
of these abnormalities from seed do not yet seem to have 
been made. 
The same general conditions obtain amongst many 
species of trees and shrubs, of which any collector can 
easily obtain a fasciated sprig. As instances from my 
own collection I mention Fraxinus excelsior, A I nits gluti- 
nosa, Crataegus nigra, Azalea indica, Robinia Pseud- 
