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Exsiccata. — M. Lojacono, Plantae Italiche Selectae, no 74 ! 



Usually of dwarfer habit than the type with more or less 

 glaucous foliage. Sepals 2-3 mm. long and 1-2 mm. broad, often 

 relatively broader than in the type. Corolla 9-10 (rarely 11) 7nm. 

 long, loith wings of the upper petal, as well as the tip of the inner 

 ones, blackish red. Lower petal with narrower margins than in 

 the type. Fruits rather small, about 2 mm. in length and breadth, 

 nearly globular, rounded-obtuse above and considerably narroiued 

 beloio ; when dry, rather more finely rugose than in the type, with 

 less conspicuous apical pits. 



7 HiBERNicA, nov. var. 



F. confusa Jord. var. hibernica Pugsley in litt. apud Praeger 

 in Irish Naturalist, xiv. p. 161 (1905) (nomen). 



Varietas habitu laxo diffusoque, foliolis parvis in lobos quam in 

 typo breviores et latiores fissis. Pedicelli fructiferi saepissime 

 quam in typo breviores et crassiores ; bracteae paulo longiores. 

 Sepala interdum plus 3 mm. longa. Corolla 9-11 mm. longa, 

 petali superior is alis atropurpureis. Petala exterior a alls quam 

 typi paulo angustioribus, scepe carinis attenuatis apiculata vel 

 acutissima. Fructus saepius supra rotundato-obtusi et nonnun- 

 quam infra angustati. 



A plant of diffuse and straggling habit, with sparing foHage 

 and leaflets cut into shorter and proportionately broader segments 

 than in the type. Fruiting pedicels, on an average, shorter and 

 thicker than in the type, with relatively longer bracts. Sepals 

 sometimes exceeding 3 mm. in length. Corolla 9-11 mm. long, 

 with loings of the upper petal, as well as the tip of the inner ones, 

 blackish red. Outer petals with rather narrower wings or margins 

 than in the type, and generally apiculate or very acute, with 

 attenuate keels. Fruits usually rounded-obtuse above and some- 

 times narrowed below. 



This variety is rather near to F. vagans, which differs chiefly 

 in the colouring and form of its flowers and its smaller, subacute 

 fruits, and is doubtfully separable from typical F. Bastardi. 



The variety Gussonei may be distinguished from var. hibernica 

 by its dwarfer habit and narrower leaf-segments, as well as by its 

 blunter corollas and smaller fruits. 



Distribution. — France ! Spain ! Corsica (var. Gussonei) ! 

 Sardinia (var. Gussonei) ! Italy (var. Gussonei) ! Sicily (var. 

 Gussonei) \ Istriin, {Haussk.). Dalmatia (iTa ?^55 A;.). Greece (var. 

 Gussonei) ! 



Tunis! Algeria (var. G2^s50?iei) ! M.ovoggo {Haussk.). Madeira! 



It will be seen that this is pre-eminently a Mediterranean 

 species. 



F. Bastardi is common in the Channel Islands, the variety 

 Gussonei occurring with the type in Jersey. It is also widely 

 distributed in Ireland, both as the type and as var. hibernica. In 

 Great Britain it extends from West Cornwall to Orkney, but is 

 much more local and less abundant than F. Borcei. Being of 

 less variable and less rampant habit it is not met with in such a 



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