526 The InconstLUicy of fasciatcd Races. 



to more {Geranium and Crcpis with 65% and 85%; 

 Celosia cr is tat a). 



3. The fasciated individuals and the atavists are con- 

 nected by transitional forms, which are, however, rare ; 

 and the statistical curves representing them have there- 

 fore two apices. 



4. These proportions are to a large extent dependent 

 on external conditions of life, which can transform ata- 

 vists into fasciated plants and vice versa. This trans- 

 formation obviously takes place during the plastic period 

 in youth, before the character in question is actually de- 

 veloped. 



5. The atavists, as well as the selected individuals, 

 produce fasciated offspring, and often in proportions very 

 little lower than those in which the selected individuals 

 produce them. They may therefore be used for the per- 

 petuation of the race. 



6. Between the broadened s]:)ecimens and the atavists 

 there is no essential or fundamental difference, in spite 

 of the great difference in tlieir external forms. 



