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are arranged in whorls, this kind of multiplication looks 
very striking (Fig. 107). 
If we examine the growing point of a fasciated shoot, 
the abnormal conformation can already be distinguished. 
Fig. 107. The Madder, Rubia tinctorum. Fasciated stems 
with an increased number of leaves in the whorls, found 
in a madder field near Ouwerkerk and broken off at the 
rhizome (1890). 
Where the fasciations are very broad this was to be ex- 
pected, as for instance in the case of Scdiun reflexuui 
cristatnm figured in the first volume (Figs. 34-35, pp. 
