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in F. parviflora, which is not mentioned in the diagnoses in “ Fumaria in 
Britain." 
The mucronulus of the young fruit, which sometimes lasts almost to 
maturity on the living plant, although invisible in the dry state, is also 
inadvertently unnoticed in “ Fumaria in Britain.” Four forms, based 
chiefly on the variations of the fruit, are distinguished by Clavaud 
(Fl. Gironde, 51 (1882) ). 
F. Vaillantii var. gracilis, Knaf in Flora, xxix. 292 (1846), is referred by 
Haussknecht to a shade-form of the specific type. 
B. conferta, Haussk. l. c. 445. 
Exsice. Heldreich, Isbarte, 1854, ut F. Vaillant ! 
Herba robusta, compacta et satis ramosa ; folia laciniis obtusiusculis haud 
sparsis 2-3-pinnatisecta. Racemi breves plerumque subsessiles ; pedicelli 
haud graciles, brevissimi (circa 1 mm. longi). Corolla minima, 4-5 mm. 
longa, pallide vosea, petalo superiore alis roseis plus minusve emarginato, 
calcare ut typi curvato adscendente. Fructis minimi, vix 2 mm. longi et 
latitudine paulo minores, subrotundi vel subrotundo-obovati, sine apiculo 
obtusi. Aliter ut in typo. 
The type of this variety is represented in Herb. Mus. Brit., and also at 
Kew, where two good examples exist. 
Other exsiceata, as “ Bornmüller, Pl. Anatol. Or. No. 1877," referred to 
F. microcarpa, Boiss., apparently agree most nearly with this variety. 
y. Chavinii, Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. Fr. i. 181 (1893) ; Pugsley, l.c. 70 
(1912). F. Chavinii, Reuter, Cat. Pl. Genève, ed. 2, 10 (1861); 
F. Vaillantii, Bab. in Eng. Bot. Suppl. 2877 (1844), partim (fl. roseis) ; 
F. Vaillant B. Laggeri, Haussk. l. c. 442, nec Hamm. nec 7. Laggert, 
Jord. 
Icon. Eng. Bot. Suppl. 2877, partim (fl. roseis), ut F. Vaillantii. 
Evsice. Billot, Fl. Exsice. Cont. No. 3508, ut F. Chavinii! Bourgeau, Pl. 
d'Espagne, No. 2108, ut F. Vaillantii ! Schultz, Fl. G. & G. 2nd Cent. No. 6, 
ut F. Vaillantüi ! 
Quam typus planta robustior et erectior, sepius parce ramosa et nunquam 
intricato-ramosissima. Folia irregulariter 2—3-pinnatisecta, foliolis quam in 
typo brevius petiolatis, laciniis lineari-oblongis linearibusve, acutis, confertis 
potius quam sparsis. Racemi 10-20- (raro 25-) flori, pedunculos breves 
superantes. Pedicelli quam typi plerumque longiores (3 mm. longi), flexuosi, 
suberecti vel rarius erecto-patentes. Sepala quam in typo minus persistentia. 
Corolla circa 6 mm. longa, dilute sed ssepius læte rosea, petali superioris valde 
emarginati alis latissimis, sepe subserratis, roseis vel raro obscure purpureis. 
Fructds quam typi sepe paululum majores, cirea 2°25 mm. longi et 2 mm. 
lati, subrotundo-ovati, obtusi vel etiam subretusi, siccitate dense rugosi. 
In this variety, which was feebly defined by Reuter but more accurately 
diagnosed by Haussknecht and by Rouy & Foucaud, the flowers are usually 
