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lata, oblonga, peltata, inferne subdentata et ssepissime ad apice7n 

 nunc suhacutum nunc rotundatum integriuscula, praeter nervum 

 dorsalem latum viridiusculum albida aut dilute purpurea, corollse 

 tubo latiora. Corolla 10-13 mm. longa, pallide vel profunde roseo- 

 pitrpurea ; petalo superiore latiusculo, acuto, alls atropurpureis 

 reflexis carinam excedentibus sed apicem vix attingentibus praedito : 

 petalo inferiore marginihus erectis angustisqm ; petalis interioribus 

 sursum curvatis, apice atropurpureis. Fructus mediocres, prope 

 2^ mm. longi et saepissime paulisper latiores, subrotundo-quad- 

 rati, truncati vel etiam subemarginati, stipite distincto quam 

 pedicelli apex incrassatus angustiore in vivo praediti, siccitate 

 leviter rugidosi et obscurius quam in F. capreolatd apice bi- 

 foveolati. 



Habitat in insulis Britannicis. 



A robust plant, diffuse, ascending or climbing by its cirrhose 

 petioles, usually more branched and less rampant than F. capreo- 

 lata. Leaves as in F. capreolata, but the leaflets (on an average) 

 with somewhat narrower lobes. Bacemes many-floiuered (the 

 lower generally 20-24-flowered), lax, about as long as the pe- 

 duncles. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the fruit- 

 ing pedicels, the loiuest sometimes foliaceous and much longer. 

 Pedicels stout, rigidly patent-recurved in fruit (the curve less 

 marked than in F. capreolata), or sometimes divaricate. Sepals 

 5-6^ mm. long and 2-3 Jimn. broad, oblong, peltate, a little toothed 

 in the lower half, usually entire towards the rounded or shortly 

 acute apex ; whitish or purple-tinted in colour, with a broad 

 median band of green, broader than the corolla-tube. Corolla 

 10-13 mm. long, pale or deep purple in colour (less rosy pink than 

 in F. Borcei), with the tip of the inner petals and the ivings of the 

 upper one dark purple. Upper petal dorsally rather broad, acute, 

 the luings scarcely reaching the apex, but exceeding the keel; 

 loiuer petal luith erect and narrotu margius. Fruits of moderate 

 size, about 2|- mm. long and as broad or a little broader, squarish 

 in profile, laterally compressed but obscurely keeled, truncate or 

 even subemarginate, smd faintly rugulose when dry, with broader 

 and shallower apical pits than in F. capreolata. 



p. BREVisEPALA, nov. var. 



Exsiccata. — W. Beckwith, Wroxeter, 1882, Hb. Mus. Brit, 

 (as F. Borcei) ! 



Bractece lineari-oblongae, quam in typo latiores, subacutae vel 

 mucronatae, pedicellos fructiferos non superantes. Sepala 4i-5 

 mm. longa, 2|-3 mm. lata, late ovalia, subacuta, plus minus ve 

 irregulariter dentata, quam corollas dimidium manifesto breviora. 



Bracts broader than in the type, linear-oblong, subacute or 

 mucronate, not exceeding the fruiting pedicels. Sepals 4^-5 mm. 

 long and 2^-3 mm. broad, broadly oval, subacute, more or less 

 toothed, distinctly less than half as long as the corolla. Other- 

 wise as the type. 



F. purpurea may be distinguished from all forms of F. cap 



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