52 THE GENUS FUMAEIA IN BRITAIN 



tiore, caulibus crassis et foliis amplis in lobos majores lineari- 

 oblongos fissis a typo differt. 



Differs from rampant states of the type in its more robust 

 habit, with thick stems and ample, less glaucous foliage cut into 

 larger, linear-oblong segments. 

 P ELEGANS, nov. var. 



Ico7i. — Eeichb. Icon. Fl. Germ. 4453 (as F. media Lois.). 



Exsiccata.—BiWot, Fl. G. et G. no. 214 ! et no. 1603 (as F. 

 Wirtgeni Koch) ! E. S. Marshall, Kemsing & Otford, 1891, Hb. 

 Mus. Brit, (as F, muralis) ! 



Elata vel petiolis cirrhosis scandens; folia glauca, foliolis in 

 lobos tenues lanceolatos fissis ampla. Bacemi multiflori (saepe 

 30-40-flori), pedicellis tenuihus bracteas subduplo excedentihus 

 interdum floriferis recurvatis. Corolla pallide purpurea, saepissime 

 circa 7 mm. longa, petalis exterioribus quam in typo angustius 

 alatis ; sepala saepe albida. Fructus vix 2 mm. longi et 2^ mm. 

 lati quam in typo minores, minus compressi et obscurius rugosi. 



More constantly rampant in habit than the type, with ample, 

 glaucous foliage, with leaflets cut into rather fine, lanceolate 

 segments. Bacemes very many- (often 30-40-) flowered, with 

 slender pedicels, which are sometimes recurved in flower. Bracts 

 normally about half as long as the fruiting pedicels. Flowers 

 generally pale purplish-pink, usually about 7 mm. long, with the 

 upper and lower petals somewhat narrowly winged ; sepals often 

 whitish. Fruits smaller than in the type, barely 2 mm. long and 

 2| mm. broad, less laterally compressed and more finely rugose. 



y MINOR Haussknecht in Flora, p. 409 (1873). 



Exsiccata. — E. S. Marshall, no. 2551 ! 



Diffuse in habit and often much branched, with glaucous 

 foliage. Bacemes rather lax, 10-20-floiuered. Sepals about 2 mm. 

 long, with variable toothing. Corolla rather smaller and paler 

 than in the type, in form approaching that of var. Wirtgeni. 

 Fruits 2 mm. long and 2|-3 mm. broad, retuse and similar to those 

 of the type. 

 8 Wirtgeni Haussknecht in Flora, p. 404 (1873). 



F. Wirtgeni Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. ed. 2, p. 1018 (1845). 



Exsiccata. — Dorfler, Herb. Norm. 4601 (as F. Wirtgeni) ! 

 W. H. Painter, Knowle, Somerset, 1881, Hb. Mus. Brit, (as F. 

 officinalis) ! W. Fawcett, St. Helier's, Jersey, Hb. Mus. Brit, (as 

 F. officinalis) ! G. L. Bruce, Darenth, 1899, Hb. Mus. Brit. ! 



Variable in habit and foliage like the type, but, on an average, 

 slenderer, and in summer, sometimes very much branched. 

 Bacemes rather lax, usually only 10-20 -floivered, with pedicels 

 shorter and thicker than in the type. Sepals about 2 mm. long 

 and 1 mm. broad, generally less acuminate than in the type and 

 whitish in colour. Corolla rather smaller and paler than in the 

 type, with the loings of the outer petals much produced at the apex, 

 rendering the outline of the upper petal emarginate and that of 

 the lower one truncate-spathulate. Fruits 2-2| mm. long and 

 very slightly, if at all, broader, rounded -truncate but not retuse, and 



