CORNISH FLORA. 55 



A detailed account of what these and many other workers, 

 whose services are liere gratefully acknowledged, have contrihuted 

 to our knowledge of one of the richest of the county floras of 

 Great Britain during the past eighteen months, would be asking 

 too much of the editors of the "Journal." At present, therefore, 

 I shall restrict myself to a brief recital of a few of the more 

 important discoveries. 



1. PLANTS NEW TO CORNWALL. 



Futnaria purpurea, Piigsley, Journal of Botany, May, 1902. 

 Out of the confusion which has so long existed in regard to the 

 Capreolate Fumitories of Great Britain, Mr. H. AV. Pugsley 

 {Joe. eit.) has brought a semblance of order. In this connection 

 it will be welcome news to Cornish botanists that, as a result of 

 Mr. Pugsley's re-arrangement of this section, a new species is 

 accredited to Cornwall. Under the name of Fumaria Borcei, 

 Jord., it seems, two distinct plants have been included. Of the 

 plant described by Jordan in his Pugillm (1852) there can be no 

 manner of doubt ; but under the same name the late Prof. 

 Babingtou, in a paper before the Linnean Society in 1859, as 

 well as subsequent writers, dealt with a plant which, no one can 

 deny, differs in many material points from Jordan's. Mr. Pugsley 

 has defined it very satisfactorily, and has projDosed for it the 

 name Fumaria purpurea. As far as has yet been ascertained, it is 

 restricted to Great Britain and Ireland. Until I found it at 

 Ponsanooth in September last, it had not been recorded for 

 Cornwall, although it had been found at Ufraoombe, in the 

 sister county. As it is more than likely to occur in other parts 

 of Cornwall, I inseit here, for the guidance of those who may 

 not be acquainted with his valual)le paper, Mr. Pugsley's 

 diagnosis: — "Flowers rather smaller than in F. capreolata L. 

 Sepals about two-thirds as long as the corolla, oblong, often 

 obtuse and nearly entire. Corolla purplish, tipped with dark 

 pui-ple. Upper petal with broader wings than in F, eapreolata 

 L. Pedicels jiatent-recurved in fruit. Fruit slightly rugulose 

 when dry, broader than long." 



Dianthus prolifer, Linn. I include this tentatively among 

 the additions to the Cornish flora on the strength of information 

 supplied by Mr. Arthur Bennett, F.L.S. Looking through his 



