10 THE GENUS FUMAEIA IN BRITAIN 



Icon. — Journ. Bot. xl. tab. 436, fig. 1 (as F. capreolata). 



The figure of this in English Botany, ed. 3, drawn from a 

 Somerset specimen, is, Hke the plates of the other large-fiowered 

 Fumitories in this work, altogether inaccurate. 



Exiccata. — Eev. Hugh Davies, Bodafon, 1799, Herb. Mus. 

 Brit. ! Eev. H. J. Eiddelsdell, Llangenydd, 1904, Herb. Mus. 

 Brit. ! H. Trimen, Fehxstowe, 1869, Herb. Mus. Brit, (as 

 F. Borczi) ! 



Bractese saepissime pedicellos fructiferos sequantes ; sepala 

 interdum ut in typo interdum angustiora, oblonga, corollas dimi- 

 dium aequantia ; corolla persistens, iMalo superiore propter cari- 

 nam productam et alas parvas acutissimo ; fructus quam in typo 

 major, 2^ mm. longus plus 2 mm. latus, truncatus, siccitate ali- 

 quanto rectangularis et saepe paululum rugulosus. 



Bracts generally equalling in length the fruiting pedicels. 

 Sepals sometimes as in the type, but frequently narrower, oval in 

 outline, and fully half as long as the corolla. Corolla very per- 

 sistent ; the ujjjjer petal more acute than in the type, owing to a 

 less abrupt termination of the keel, and with a smaller develop- 

 ment of the lateral wings. Fruit distinctly larger than in the 

 type, more compressed laterally, longer than broad, fully 2| mm. 

 in length and over 2 mm. in breadth, truncate, and, when dry, 

 somewhat rectangular in profile, and very often faintly rugulose. 



Sub-var. clivaricata. 



Sepalis longissimis saepe 6 mm. superantibus, corolla pro- 

 fundius colorata, pedicelhs fructiferis saepe rectis divaricatis nee 

 recurvatis a varietate Bahingtonii differt. 



Sepals very long, frequently exceeding 6 mm., corolla more 

 tinted with pink. Fruiting pedicels in normal plants not regu- 

 larly arcuate-recurved, but variable in direction, and often straight 

 and divaricate. 



y. DEVONiENSis, uov. var. 



Pedicelli bracteis longioribus minus quam in typo recurvati. 

 Flores ut in var. Bahingtonii sed profundius rosei. Fructus medi- 

 ocris, 2^ mm. longus latusque, obtusissimus sed vix truncatus, 

 infra angustatus nee rectangularis, typi fructui lato similis sed 

 suhduplo major, et paulo rugulosus. 



Pedicels less strongly recurved than in the type, and with 

 longer bracts. Floicers as in var. /3, but more tinted with pink. 

 Fruit of moderate size, little compressed laterally, 2| mm. long 

 and fully as broad, very rounded- obtuse but scarcely truncate, 

 narrowed below and not at all rectangular in profile, rather 

 resembling the broad fruit of the type hut twice as large and 

 finely rugulose. 



Distribution (of the species). — F. capreolata is a widely dis- 

 tributed species, ranging from Western Europe and North Africa 

 to Asia Minor ; while the variety speciosa has been extensively 

 introduced on the American Continent. 



The countries in which it is known to occur are as follows : — 



South Sweden ! Denmark. Germany ! Tyrol (Haussk.). 



