504 The Inconstancy of Fasciated Races. 



to a slight degree, may be memifested frequently; as, 

 for instance, in Lilium speciosiun album corymbifloriun 

 and in the so-called sword-shaped variety of Fritillaria 

 hnpcrialis. The well-known monstrous species of Cactus 

 should also be referred to here (C peruviamis nion- 

 strosus). Experimental estimations of the constancy 



Fig. 112. Evonymus japonica. A fasciated much-split twig 

 of this common garden plant. A, B, growth in 1898; 

 C, D, in 1900. Photographed, Aug. 1900, from life. 



of these abnormalities from seed do not yet seem to have 

 been made. 



The same general conditions obtain amongst many 

 species of trees and shrubs, of which any collector can 

 easily obtain a fasciated sprig. As instances from my 

 own collection I mention Fraxinns excelsior, Alnus c/liifi- 

 nosa, Crataegus nigra, Azalea indica, Rohinia Pseud- 



