GENERA FUMARIA AND RUPICAPNOS. 303 
! Racemi quam in typo breviores, relative pauciflori ; sepala minora. 
B. minor, Koch in Sturm Deutschl. Fl. i. 62, No. 14 (1833) ; Syn. Fl. 
Germ. ed. 2, App. 1018 (1845); Hamm. l.c. 10 (1857); Haussk. 
l.c. 419 (1873) ; Pugsley,/. c. 52 (1912). 
Icon, Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. i. 62, tab. 14. 
Hwsicc. Orphanides, Fl. Greca, No. 519, ut F. officinalis var. laxiflora ! 
Glauca, tenella, diffusa et sspe ramosissima. Racemi lawiusculi, 10—20- 
Hori. Kepala parva, circa 2 mm. longa; corolla quam typi paulo minor 
pallidiorque. Fructtis ut in typo latiores quam longi, 2 mm. Jongi et 2:5 mm. 
lati, retusi. 
The comparatively short and few-flowered racemes and the small sepals 
characteristic of this variety were first accurately diagnosed by Haussknecht, 
but the former feature and the relatively small, pale flowers seem sufticiently 
shown in Koch’s original figure. 
In Herb. Mus. Brit. there are Crimean specimens from Herb. Pallas 
seemingly referable to this variety labelled * In rupibus Taurie ubique." 
It may be inferred from this that the plant grows in natural stations in that 
country, and this appears to be confirmed in M. Bieberstein’s * Fl. Taurico- 
Caucasica,’ ii. 147 (1808), where it is observed, under F. officinalis, * Habitat 
in ruderatis et arvis, varietas minor in saxosis." 
It is probable that F. Meyeri, Steven, Enum. Pl. Phaner. in Taurià sponte 
crescentium in Bull. Soc. Bot. Mose. xxix. i. 288 (1856), is identical with 
this variety. 
y. Wirtgenii, Haussk. l.c. 411 & 420 (1873) ; Pugsley, l.c. 52 (1912). 
F. Wirtgenit, Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. ed. 2, App. 1018 (1845). 
Icon, Pugsley, l.c. fig. 6 (Journ. Bot. l. tab. 519). 
Exsice. Dörter, Herb. Norm. No. 4601, ut F. Wirtgenii ! 
Habitu foliisque variabilis, sed ssepe typo gracilior foliorum laciniis paulo 
angustioribus. acemi laæiusculi, vulgo 10—20-/fori ; pedicelli quam in typo 
breviores et crassiores, rarius plus minusve elongati. Sepala parva, circa 
2 mm. longa et 1 mm. lata, ssepius albida et vix acuminata. Corolla quam 
typi paulo minor pallidiorque, petalorum ezteriorum alis apice valde dilatatis 
ut petala superius emarginatum et inferius truncato-spathulatum fiant. 
Fructüs 2—2:5 mm. longi et viw latiores, rotundato-truncati sed haud retusi, 
seepissime apiculo parvo persistente przediti, circa medium latissimi et inferne 
in stipitem quam in typo minus obscurum angustati, siccitate apicis foveolis 
obscuris plane rugosi. 
The exsiecata, Billot No. 1603 (F. Wirtgenit, Koch), as represented in 
Herb. Boissier, clearly belongs to this variety and is not identical with the 
example similarly labelled in Herb. Mus. Brit. which is referred to var. 
elegans in “ Fumaria in Britain." 
