266 DIADELPHIA — DECANDRIA. lUlez. 



lurge petals and cali/cine leaves. — I am indebted to Mr Arnott, who has 

 paid parlicular attention to tliis genus both in Britain and upon the Con- 

 tinent, for the characters and remarks upon this and the 2 following species. 



2. F. officinalis, h. (common Fiimitori/); calycine leaflets ovato- 

 lanceolate acute sharply toothed scarcely so long as the globose 

 very abrupt or obcordate fruit, bracteas 2 or 3 times shorter than 

 the fruit-bearing pedicel. Am. — a. erect, very glaucous, leaflets 

 narrow. Am. 3ISS. F. offici?ialis, E. Bat. t. 589.-/3. difl'use 

 or climbing, green, leaflets broad. Am. 3ISS. F. media, DC. 



oL. In dry fields and road-sides, common.— /3. also frequent, in highly 

 cultivated fields and gardens. Fl. through the summer. 0. — The F. 

 media, of Do CandoUe, does indeed, at first sight, appear to be distinct 

 from the more upright state of officinalis, and even to approach nearer 

 to F. cupreolata : but i\\Q floivers and calijx are scarcely more than half 

 the size of the latter; and it is very constant to these characters. 



3. F. parvijlora, Lam. {small-Jioivered Fumitory) ; calycine 

 leaves very minute, fruit globose slightly pointed, bracteas at 

 first as long as the flower, afterwards about as short as the fructi- 

 ferous pedicel, leaflets linear channelled. Am — a. flowers rose- 

 coloured, leaves of a lively or yellowish-green. Am. MSS. F. 

 parvif. E. Bot. t. 590. — /5. flowers white tipped with dark purple, 

 leaves glaucous. Am. 31 SS. F. parvif. DC. — F. leucantha, Viv. 



a. Fields ; rare. Woldham, near Rochester, and near Epsom. In newly 

 turned up ground for building, at Hill-side, north of the Calton Hill, Edin- 

 burgh.— /3. Brookham, Surrey. Mr Waddel's grounds at Hermitage, near 

 Leith. Fl. Aug. Sept. . — The more common of these two vars. is that 

 with white fls. Viviani is not quite correct, when he says there is no 

 apiculus to the fruit of his F. leucantha. It exists on all the specimens 

 found about Montpellier. The purple or rose-colour var. comes very 

 near F. Vaillayitii ; and perhaps is the F. Vaillantii of Prof. Henslow in 

 Loud. Nat. Mag. vol. v. p. 88. 



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3. PoLYGALA. Linn. JNIilkwort. 



1. P. vulgaris, L. {common Milkwort) ; keel crested, flowers 

 in a terminal raceme, wings of the calyx ovate about as long as 

 the corolla, stems simple herbaceous procumbent, leaves linear or 

 oblong. E. Bot. t. 7G. — P. amara, Don, in E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2764. 



Dry hilly pastures, frequent. Fl. June, J uly. If . — Stems 4 — 8 inches 

 long. Cor. beautifully crested, blue, purple, pink or white. Cal. leaves 

 persistent, enclosing the fruit. IMy specimens of P. amara, Don, 

 gathered by Mr Christy at Cuxton, Kent, in 1831, I can by no means 

 separate from P. vidgaris, of which they are but a slight var. with broader 

 and shorter leaves. The P. amara of De Candolle and most of the con- 

 tinental Botanists has very much smaller flowers and much larger radical 

 leaves. O^this I have numerous specimens from Germany and Switzerland. 



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4. Clex. Linn. Furze. 

 1. U. Europceus, L. (common Furze, Whin or Gorse) ; caly- 



