294 MR. H. W. PUGSLEY : A REVISION OF THE 
Planta typo robustior, internodis longis sepe scandens. Folia glauca, 
laciniis — lineari-oblongis planis. Racemi — sub-30-flori, floribus | cernuis 
laviusculi ; bracteæ lineari-lanceolate pedicellos fructiferos arcuato-recurvos 
plus minusve incrassatos zequantes vel etiam superantes. Corolla 9-10 mm. 
longa, rosea, quam in typo major. Fructis typi, nisi apicis foveolis paululum 
majoribus. 
The fruits of this form are described by Heuffel-as * subrotundis obtusis," 
but those observed in recent specimens from the Banatus (Degen, prope 
Orsovam, 19041), as well as in Heldreich’s Greek exsiecata, are of the 
subrotund-ovate, subacute form seen in the specitie type. 
! 1 Corolla quam in typo haud major ; pedicelli fructiferi raro recurvi. 
ò. pikermiana, var. nov. 
F. pikermiana, Boiss. Diag. Pl. Or. Ser. 11. No. 6, p. 9 (1859) ; Fl. Orient. 
i. 137 (1867) ; Haussk. l. e. 493 (1873) : Haláesy, Le. 48 (1901). 
.— leon. Stefani, Major & Barbey, Samos, tab. 5 (1891), ut F. pikermiana. 
Hesiec, Guieciardi, No. 3189, Pikermi Attiem, in Hb. Boiss, ! Heldreieh, 
No. 771, Chelidoni Attics, in Hb. Boiss., ut F. bracteata! Pichler, PI. 
Gree. Exsicce., Euboa, 1876, in Hb. Mus. Brit., ut F. Thuretii var. glauca! 
Haussk. Iter Græcum, Laurion, 1885, in Hb. Mus. Brit., ut F. pikermiana ! 
Caulis multo ramosa; foliorum laciniæœ lineari-oblongw sæpius obtuse 
mucronatæ. Racemi lawiuseuli bracteis sublanceolatis pedicellos incrassatos 
patulos vulgo superantibus. Flores intense rosei, eis typi similes sed minores ; 
corolla 7-8°5 mm. longa. Fructis minimi, vix 2 mm. longi, ovati, acutiusculi. 
Aliter ut in typo. 
The material examined of this variety consists of branches of large plants 
gathered late and showing poor flowers. Although described as a distinct 
species by Boissier, and maintained as such both by Haussknecht and 
Halácsy, it is difficult to see how it essentially differs from F. Mhuretii, of 
which it possesses the characteristic narrowly-winged coroila without (so far 
as can be seen) any spathulate dilation of the lower petal. The length of its 
bracts are sometimes equalled in other forms of this species, and it may be 
doubted whether its small flowers and spreading pedicels are not merely the 
result of a depauperate condition such as sometimes produces similar features 
in F. capreolata. The figure in ‘Samos’ also portrays the general features of 
F. Thuretii, excepting its recurved pedicels ; and the absence of wings to the 
upper petal of the enlarged flower in this plate seems due to an artist’s error, 
the wings being sufficiently indicated in the flowers of the racemes. In the 
absence of good material and in deference to the views of botanists acquainted 
with the living plant, F. pikermiana is retained as a variety. 
The Zurich collection contains a number of varying depauperate or shade- 
forms of F. Thuretii, mostly much branched, and showing ample foliage and 
