106 THE CAPREOLATE FUMARIjE OF BRITAIN. [JpHl, 



flowering, but shorter than the spreading pedicels of the fruited 

 plant ; spikes loose, short, few-flowered. 



Closely allied to the preceding, but its corolla always tiaged 

 with pink. Sepals usually more toothed and larger than in F. 

 pallidiflora. 



Sepals attached above their base, deeply toothed at their base, 

 often throughout ; corolla rather large, pale, often purplish, with 

 a dark purple tip. 



Fruit with a narrow base, which is usually much narrower than 

 the enlarged tip of the pedicel : the vertical outline of the fruit 

 is rather quadrangular, with the sides rounded and the top trun- 

 cate ; apical pit small and deep. Fruit-stalks patent, straight, 

 or rarely slightly reflexed. 



Probably this is the capreolata of Smith. 



Pembroke, Shropshire, Lancashire, Antrim [western, like the 

 former?]. 



3. F. confusa, Jord. — Sepals ovate, apiculate, toothed, equal 

 in breadth to the corolla-tube, and two-thirds shorter than it -, 

 fruit roundish-compressed, rounded at the tip, when ripe slightly 

 wrinkled, its base very wide^ evidently wider than the pedicel ; 

 bracts as long as the pedicels when in flower, but only one-half 

 as long as the spreading pedicels of the fruited plant; spikes 

 loose, short, few-flowered. 



Sepals often persistent on the young fruit (not falling soon, as 

 in the two preceding) . Corolla rather large, less than in F. pal- 

 lidiflora, dingy- white or pinkish, its tip, and sometimes the back, 

 dark purple; tube rather thick. Young fruit rather obovate- 

 acuminate. 



The fleshy base is nearly as broad as the widest part of the 

 fruit, and wider than the enlarged tip of the pedicel ; it is about 

 equally wide where it is attached to the pedicel as where it joins 

 the true carpel. The vertical edge of the fruit is regularly 

 rounded, and the whole outline above the enlarged base is nearly 

 round ; apical pits broad but shallow. 



If examined fresh, this is easily distinguished from its allies. 



Channel Isles, Cornwall, Devon [Isle of Wight (A. G. More)], 

 Pembroke, Cardigan, Caernarvon, Lancashire, and Dublin. 



4. F. muralis, Sond. — Sepals ovate, acute, toothed at the base, 

 about equal in width to the tube, and two-thirds shorter than it ; 

 fruit obovate-compressed, rounded at the tip, small, and nearly 



