44 THE FAMILY AND THE NATION 



more difficult to collect. The theoretical descent of a 

 recessive character should be in accordance with the 

 scheme, 



In the other notation, in which the peculiarity when 

 it exists openly is represented by a dark circle, this 

 becomes 



T 



I 



O 



o 



o o 



The descent is made clearer if we write the symbol ^ 

 for a person who possesses the character not visibly but 

 in some of his germ cells. We then get 



