Half Races u'ith Heritable Fasciation. 
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RaphanistruiHj Pedicularis palustris and Oenothcra bi- 
cnnis. In my cultures of Amarantus speciosus, Helian- 
'tlius animus and Oenothcra Lamarckiana, the anomaly 
was reproduced almost every year through the course of 
ten years. 1 
One of the best known 
instances is afforded by the 
sugar-beet, fasciated speci- 
mens of which can be found 
almost every year in the 
fields. We frequently find 
amongst them quite long, 
broad and wholly flat stems. 
In spite of the obvious fact 
that they are not selected 
as seed-parents they recur 
regularly, and this fact is 
sufficient to demonstrate 
the heritability of the anom- 
aly. 
I have further to men- 
tion Plantago lanceolata, 
the variety raniosa of which 
I have described in detail 
in the first part of this vol- 
ume (page 148) and which 
I have cultivated every year 
since 1889. It sometimes 
produces split ears (Fig. 
114), especially amongst the inflorescences which are not 
branched at their base, i. e., the atavistic ones. In this 
1 Further details relating to this subject and more instances of 
the phenomenon will be found in Over de erfelykheid der fasciatien, 
Botanisch Jaarboek Gent, 1894, p. 72. 
Fig. 115. Artemisia Absynthium. 
A fasciated branch which has 
been heavily bent in conse- 
quence. 
