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under discussion is equally distinct, and it has no claims to a 

 place among the GapreolatcB or the AgraricB. I therefore think it 

 can only be regarded as a new species, occupying a position 

 somewhat intermediate between the smooth fruited species of the 

 Medice, which it resembles in its fruit characters, and the rugose 

 fruited forms, which it approaches in the general form of its 

 flowers. 



Cornish specimens of this plant collected by Mr. Davey were 

 distributed (unnamed) through the Watson Exchange Club during 

 the winters of 1904 and 1905, and in the latter year also through 

 the Exchange Club of the British Isles. 



The description, &c., of this plant is as follows : — 



F. paradoxa, nov. sp. 



Exsiccata. E. Bourgeau, PL d'Espagne, 1863 : Navalmoral, 

 10 Mai. Herb. Mus. Brit, (as F. Bastardi Bor.) ! 



Fumaria annua, saspius plus minus ve robusta, basi ramosa, 

 aliquanto petiolis cirrhosis scandens. Folia irregulariter 2-3 pin- 

 natisecta, saepissime/o//o//5 ixirvis in lobos oblongos plus minusve 

 acutos vel cuneiformes mucronatos fissis. Bacemi laxi et plerum- 

 que multiflori (raro plus-20 flori), in plantis robustis i^edunculos 

 conspicue breves multo superantes. BractecB lineari-oblongiB, 

 cuspidatae, pedicellis fructiferis subdicplo breviores. Pedicelli 

 paulo tenues et saepissime longi, floriferi saepe arcuato-deflexi fere 

 ut in F. capreolatd, fructiferi recti vel flexuosi, erecto-patentes vel 

 divaricati. Sepala 3-5 (saepius 4) mm. longa, 1^-2^ (saepius 2) vim. 

 lata, ovalia, peltata, acuta, integriuscula vel basi paucidentata, 

 praeter nervum dorsalem saepe obscurum albida vel subrosea, 

 corollas tubo paulo angustiora. Corolla 11-13 mm. longa, rosea ; 

 petalo superiore latiicsculo, dorsum baud compresso, plerumque 

 subacuto apiculatove, alis atropurpureis reflexis apicem raro attin- 

 gentibus sed carinam aequantibus vel paulo superantibus praedito ; 

 petalo inferiore subacuto vel apiculato marginibus angustissimis 

 patulis saepe libero deflexo ; petalis interioribus sursum curvatis, 

 apice atropurpureis. Fructus mediocres aut majusculi, 2^2f mm. 

 longi et 2^-2| mm. lati, subrotundi, circa medium latissimi, 

 superne in apicem brevissimum in vivo acutum sed interdum in 

 sicco rotundatum inferne in stipitem obscurissimum quam pedicelli 

 apex paulo angustiorem fere aequaliter angustati, paululum com- 

 pressi sed obscure carinati, siccitate apicis foveolis majusculis et 

 satis distinctis sublcBves vel interdum in maturitate rugulosi. 



Habitat in Hispania prope Navalmoral et Calatayud, in xlnglia 

 in agris Gilly Tresamble prope Penryn Cornubiae occidentalis et 

 forsan in Hibernia. 



A plant of generally more or less robust habit, branched from 

 the base and sometimes climbing by its twisted petioles. Leaves 

 irregularly 2-3 pinnatisect, generally cut into small leaflets with 

 oblong or cuneiform, more or less acute, or sometimes mucronate 

 lobes. Bacemes lax and usually many (rarely more than 20) 

 floiuered, in strong plants much exceeding the very short peduncles. 

 Bracts linear-oblong, cuspidate, one-half to tivo-thirds as long as 



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