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this opinion is entirely opposed to that of Jordan and his con- 
temporaries, who omitted F’. muralis from the French flora; and 
after raising these plants from seed and more or less closely 
examining, both in the field and in the herbarium, a very large 
number of specimens, I can only think that such plants as Babing- 
ton described as F’. muralis, and Clavaud as y serotina and 3 murali- 
formis, are, as the latter supposed, distinct from the real plant of 
Sonder, and merely varieties or forms of F. Bor@i, connected by a 
series of intermediates with the type, and owing their forms, in 
many cases, solely to the circumstances under which they happen 
grow. 
Although Clavaud’s description of his variety y serotina must 
certainly be regarded as meagre, yet, taking into conjunction with 
it the original account of F. Borai, it will, I think, be seen that it 
offers no real contradiction to Babington’s account of F’. muralis. 
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produce plants that answer equally well to Babington’s description 
of F’. muralis and Clavaud’s account of F. Borai var. serotina. Sue 
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of I’. Borei, more or less closely agreeing with the type; and I think 
that any careful observer will soon be convinced that the two forms 
referred to it. It is the handsomest of all the forms of this species. 
Besides these varieties of F. Borai, there is one more form 
which should not escape without some mention, as it is abundant 
