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The Inconstancy of Fasciated Races. 
In the ring fasciations the vegetative cone is trans- 
formed into an annular wall which ultimately develops 
into a smaller or larger 
funnel. I found these 
remarkable structures re- 
peatedly in my cultures 
of Veronica longi folia, 
where they remained 
quite small, scarcely 
reaching a centimeter. 1 
On the other hand I have 
observed a funnel - like 
structure in Peperomia 
maciilosa of more than 
a decimeter in length. 2 
Some of the best known 
instances of ring fascia- 
tions occur in Taraxa- 
cum officinal 'e ; these have 
frequently been described 
and I have myself often 
had the opportunity of in- 
vestigating them. 3 With- 
a thick, tube - like 
a 
Fig. 109. Crytomeria faponica mon- 
strosa. A commercial variety very 
rich in fasciations. a, laterally ex- 
panded tip of a branch producing 
a normal twig at d by means of 
splitting; b and c, further fascia- 
tions of this branch. 
in 
flower - stalk, often as 
many as 10 to 20 slender 
stalks arise, each in the 
axil of a leaf and each 
1 A. NESTLER, Ucber Ringfasciation, Sitzungsber. d. k. Acad. d. 
Wiss., Wien, Vol. CIII, Part I, 1894, Plates I-II. 
2 Sur un spadice tubuleux du Peperomia inaculosa. Archives Neer- 
landaises d. sc. ex. et nat, Vol. XXIV, p. 258, PI. XII. Afterwards 
the anomaly occurred again on the same plant (1892). 
3 MiCHELis, Botnn. Zcitung, 1873, p. 334; 1885, p. 440. Further 
literature will be found in NESTLER'S paper already cited. For Hclian- 
