ADDITIONAL SPECIES. 285 



HESPEIIIS. 



1. //. matronalis, herb rough ; stem erect, branched ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, nearly sessile, coarsely toothed ; flowers large, 

 purplish -pink, on patent stalks ; calyx slightly coloured, some- 

 what hairy, sometimes smooth ; petals obovate, with a long linear 

 claw; pods ascending, smooth, torulose, slender, attaining a length 

 of 24 inches, and tipped with the large lobes of the style. Dame's 

 Violet. 



Hob. In the bed of a rivulet between Burnhouses and 

 Reston-mill, to all appearance truly wild. July. 1{ 



" It is thought to be the Hesperis of PLTNY, so called, for 

 that it smells more, and more pleasantly in the evening or 

 night than at any other time." GERARDE. During the 

 day the flowers have in fact no smell except in rainy 

 weather. 



GERANIUM, (p. 149.) 



9. G. phtzum, stalks two-flowered, panicled, erect ; calyx slight- 

 ly pointed ; capsules keeled, hairy below, wrinkled at the sum- 

 mit ; stamens hairy ; flowers dark chocolate-coloured. Dusky 

 Crane's-bill. 



Hob. Banks of the Eden near Stichell, Mr A. A. Carr. 

 June. If 



FUMARIA, (p. 154.) 



3. F. capreolata, stem climbing by me?ns of the twisting foot- 

 stalks ; leaflets wedge-shaped, lobed ; cluster rather lax ; pods 



single-seeded, globose, on stalks not longer than the bracteas 



Ramping Fumitory. 



Hob. Cultivated fields in hedges, frequent. June Sept. 



I had overlooked this as a large broad-leaved variety of F. 

 officinalis, until my attention was more particularly directed 

 to it by my friend Mr BAIRD. It is a much larger plant, 

 and creeps up the hedges to the height of 3 or 4 feet. The 

 flowers are large, with oval calycine leaves toothed at the 

 base, entire above, and twice as long as the globose fruit, 

 as Mr ARNOTT has correctly pointed out; and the brae- 



