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MUTATION IN PLANTS 



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making a denser more crowded rosette. The bases of the lam- 

 ina are almost cordate in some instances, and vary from oblong 

 ovate to ovate in outline, being sparingly toothed. The plants 

 established in the soil in the open air did not bloom until about 

 three weeks later than the parent and (]■. rubrinervis. No 

 noticeable departure from the characteristics assigned this form 

 by deVries was found. 



rower leaves throughout from the earliest stages. The rosettes 

 were very closely appressed to the soil, and in this stage the 

 margins of the long petiolate leaves were inrolled, thus decreas- 



