14 THE GENUS FUMARIA IN BRITAIN 



lata by its laxer racemes, blunter sepals, broader and more broadly 

 winged corollas, and squarish, truncate fruits. 



From F. macrosepala Boiss. it is separated by its many- 

 flowered racemes, patent-recurved pedicels, narrower or smaller 

 sepals, and truncate instead of pointed fruits. 



F. flahellata Gasp, differs by its very long peduncles, smaller 

 sepals, white, broadly winged and obtuse corollas, and rugose 

 fruits. 



F. montana Schmidt would seem to differ widely by its few- 

 flowered racemes, smaller calyx and corolla, and pointed fruits. 



Few-flowered racemes, with smaller and paler flowers, also 

 serve to distinguish F. malacitana Haussk. and F. gaditana 

 Haussk., accompanied, in the case of the former, by broadly ovate 

 sepals, and with the latter, relatively smaller sepals and smooth, 

 rounded fruits. 



In form of corolla, F. ptcrjmrea shows a resemblance to F. 

 BorcBi Jord., in the subsection Medice, but it may be distinguished 

 by its longer and more richly flowered racemes borne on longer 

 peduncles, its thickened pedicels with longer hracts, its larger, 

 blunter, and less toothed sepals, and its truncate fruits, which 

 distinctly show, when fresh, the "neck" characteristic of the 

 capreolatcd. 



Distribution. — F. purpurea, which grows in situations similar 

 to those affected by F. capreolata, is endemic to the British 

 Isles, and unknown on the Continent. 



It is widely distributed in Ireland, as shown by Mr. Praeger; 

 I have an Irish specimen of the variety brevisepala labelled 

 " Killiney, Go. Dublin. N. Golgan, 1902." 



As might be expected, the species has not been recorded for the 

 Channel Islands. 



In Great Britain it is known to occur in the following vice- 

 counties, viz. : — 



1. W. Cormuall : Penzance ! ! Near Newquay, C. C. Vigurs, 

 1905 (var. brevisepala) ! 3. S. Devon: Torquay {Hb. A. Bennett) ! 

 4. N. Devon : Ashford [Hb. Painter) ! Ilfracombe ! ! Lee ! ! 

 Woolacombe ! ! 6. A^. Somerset : Christen {Hb. Mrs. Gregory) ! 

 9. Dorset : Manston {Hb. Biddelsdell) ! 19. N. Essex : Walton- 

 on-Naze {Hb. Groves) ! 21. Middlesex : Uxbridge Common, 1892, 

 abnormal {Hb. Benbotu) ! 23. Oxford : Cowley Place, Oxford, 

 1860 {Hb. Druce) ! 34. W. Gloucester : Beachley and Lancant 

 {Hb. St. Brody) ! 35. Monmouth : Chepstow {Hb. Mus. Brit.) ! 

 36. Hereford : Eoss {Hb. Mus. Dublin) ! 37. Worcester: Malvern 

 {Hb. Mus. Brit.) ! 40. Salop : Shrewsbury {Hb. Dillenius) ! 

 Wroxeter {Hb. Mus. Brit., var. brevisepala) ! Stokesay {Hb. 

 Druce) ! Acton Scott {Hb. Keto) ! Welsh Hampton {Hb. Pain- 

 ter) ! 41. Glamorgan : Aberavon {Motley in Hb. Biddelsdell) ! 

 Port Talbot {Hb. Biddelsdell) ! 45. Pembroke : Tenby, H. Trimen 

 {Hb. Mus. Brit.) ! 49. Carnarvon : Near Llandudno {Hb. Hume, 

 var. brevisepala) ! 59. S. Lanes : Liverpool, 1803 {Hb. Sir J. 

 Smith) ! Ford, 1911 {Hb. Travis) ! 60. W. Lanes : Preesall {Hb. 

 A. B. Jackson) ! Halton and near Warton {Hb. Wheldon) ! Near 



