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frond segments. On young fronds especially the segments near the 

 apex were often more than twice their normal length, and acuminate. 

 On older fronds the modification was less excessive, and occurred as 

 frequently on basal segments. This looks like as distinct a freak as 

 var. cristatum or var. corniiium, or any of the monstrosities listed with 

 names in Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen- Flora. If a name for it is worth 

 while, it might be called monstr. acuminatum. - • 



While they are not necessarily any support for De Vries* views on 

 the origin of new plant forms, the value of such freaks as these in the 

 study of the questions De Vries has brought prominently to the fore is 

 self-assertive. — Edwin Bingham Copeland, The University of Chicago. 



