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but under culture it assumed a large size, forming a mass two feet 
high, and as much through. Although for some time reported to 
be barren. spores were eventually found, and a number of even 
more extraordinary forms were obtained from it. As will be seen 
it branches continuously from the base, until a more or less spherical 
mass of branches and crests is produced, the terminals dividing again 
and again ad infinitum during the growing season. 
A. DENSUM.—A denser-growing seedling raised by Stansfield. 



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Fig. 48. 4. f. f. apioides. 
APIOIDES (Fig. 48)--А dwarf variety, with very large openly 
branched crests, borne on nearly bare stalks. 

