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in being smaller, but also in having blunter more wavy pinnae, 
and in having both leaves and pinnae more or less arched. From 
- Scotti have come dwarf and division sports, as well as a fish-tail 
form. The further dwarf is called Wagneri (PLATE 14, FIGS. 3, 6), 
and seems to represent merely a foreshortening of the Scotti 
form with an intensification of the arching. 
The division sport of Scotti is called Scholzeli (PLATE 14, FIG. 
7), and is practically a miniature Piersoni in the type of division, 
shape of pinnae, et al. From Scholzeli, a two-pinnate form, has 
come a three-pinnate sport (PLATE 14, FIG. 8) to which no sepa- 
rate name has been given. It has been sold as Scholzeli. It cor- 
responds to Whitmani in the division series proper, and like this 
would undoubtedly give rise to a oman form if grown in 
sufficient numbers. 
Giatrasi (PLATE 15, FIG. 2) is little more than half as large as 
Scotti, and differs further in being slower growing, in producing a 
larger number of leaves per crown, and in the characteristics of 
individual leaves as well. These are thinner, have undulating 
rachides, and the pinnae are shorter and blunter. Because of its 
slower habits of growth, it appears to have found favor only with 
its introducer, George Giatras, in whose establishment some five 
to ten thousand plants are grown each year. Under.these condi- 
tions it has given rise to two further sports, both as yet unnamed. 
One of these is a further dwarf (PLATE 15, FIG. 3), and the other 1s 
twice-pinnate (PLATE 15, FIG. 4). These new forms seem to 
partake of the slower growth habits of Giatrasi, and are therefore 
unlikely ever to be grown in quantity. This is unfortunate from 
a scientific point of view, as their further development and possible 
sports would be of considerable interest. 
C. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 
Some general considerations suggest themselves as a result of 
the foregoing descriptions; for example, the character ‘and sig- 
nificance of the reversions, the possibilities of spore reproduction 
and segregation of forms, the possible results of morphological and 
cytological studies, etc. Nothing, however, is to be gained by 
speculation along these lines in the absence of additional facts. 
The reversions are under observation, and I hope that another 
