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The accompanying sketch of the specimen as it lies in the pre- 

 serving jar, may serve to give some idea of its appearance though 

 it shows only the two ends of the disk. I have also indicated 

 the position of the three leaves which show in this view.* 



Fasciation in Riidbeckia hiria. 



A third fasciated blossom was brought to another of our 

 teachers, Miss Ida Clendenin. It is a Viola tricolorhwt the petals 

 were so rolled up that it is impossible to draw it. There are in 

 all seven stamens and nine petals. Each single pansy has but 

 one perfect upper petal, but a small abortive one seems to repre- 

 sent the two missing ones. There is only a slight broadening of 

 the stem in this case, but a series of enlargements at intervals of 

 a half inch give the stem a jointed appearance. There is also a 

 deep groove in the ventral side. Louisa Bruckman. 



Girls' High School, Brooklyn, 

 May 21, 1906. 



* V^^ W. Bailey (Bull. Torrey Club 8: 93. 1881) notes fasciation in Rudbeckia 

 hirta, "four heads" being united. Later (Bull. Torrey Club i8 : 374. 1891), he 

 describes another case with stem "at its narrowest part over an inch in width" and 

 mass of heads " all of five inches across." 



