The Inheritance of Fasciations. 



493 



are arranged in whorls, this kind of niulli])hcalion 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. Ruhia tinctortim. 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 Scdiiiu rcflcxuiu 

 cristatiiiu figured in the first volume (Figs. 34-35, ])p. 



