Half Races zvifh Heritable Fasciafion. 



507 



Raplianistruni, Pedicularis palitstris and Oenothera hi- 

 cuuis. In my cultures of Aiiiarantus speciosiiSy Helian- 

 i/iiis aiuiiius and Oenothera Laniarckiana, the anomaly 

 was reproduced almost every year through the course of 

 ten years. -^ 



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 wholh^ 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 Plant ago lanceolata, 

 the variety ra//zo^a 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 



^ Furtlier details relating to this subject and more instances of 

 the phenomenon will be found in Oz^cr dc crfclykhcid dcr fasciati'cii, 

 Botanisch Jaarboek Gent, 1894, p. "^2. 



Fig. 1 15. Artemisia Ahsynthium. 

 A fasciated branch which has 

 been heavily bent in conse- 

 quence. 



