  The rate of gluons splitting into $c \bar{c}$ pairs in hadronic $Z$ decays is
measured using the data sample collected by ALEPH from 1991 to 1995. The
selection is based on the identification of leptons (electrons and muons)
originating from semileptonic charm decays, and on the topological properties
of signal events. The result derived from the selected sample is $g_{c
\bar{c}}=(3.26 \pm 0.23 \rm{(stat)} \pm 0.42 \rm{(syst)}) %$
