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/Habit robust; bracts shorter and broader than iu 10 and 11; flowers 

 of moderate size ; sepals broadly oval, subentire ; fruit rather 

 small, shortly obovate, almost truncate and nearly smooth 



F. imiralis subsp. neglecta. 

 9 ' Habit very slender ; flowers of moderate size ; sepals ovate, toothed ; 

 fruit small, subrotund-ovate, subacute or apiculate, smooth... 10 

 Habit robust or slender ; flowers large or of moderate size ; sepals 

 usually larger, ovate, toothed ; fruit of moderate size or rather 



small, obovate, obtuse, often obscurely rugulose 11 



[Fruit very small F. muralis typica. 



10 ] Flowers rather larger ; fruit distinctly larger, but still rather small 

 ( F. muralis v. deciinens. 



/(9) Habit robust ; flowers large ; fruit of moderate size 

 ' F. muralis subsp. Borcei typica. 



Habit robust ; flowers rather smaller with narrower sepals ; fruit of 

 moderate size, hardly narrowed below 



F. muralis subsp. Borcei v. amhigua. 

 11a Habit slender; fruiting pedicels variable in direction ; flowers rather 

 smaller than in the type, but with relatively longer bracts and 

 sepals; fruit of the type ... F. muralis subsp. Borcei v. gracilis. 

 Habit slender ; flowers of moderate size, with smaller sepals ; fruit 



rather small, subrotund-obovate 

 ^ F. muralis subsp. Borcei v. hritannica. 



({1) Leaf-segments linear, channelled; sepals broadly ovate, nearly 



half as long as the corolla ; fruit subglobose F. micrantlia. 



-jn I Leaf-segments broader, flat ; sepals narrowly ovate, about one-third 



I as long as the corolla ; fruit truncate or emarginate 13 



Leaf-segments linear or nearly so, flat or channelled ; sepals minute ; 



V fruit rounded or subacute 14 



/ Habit robust ; racemes many-flowered; fruit distinctly broader than 



long F. officinalis typica. 



Habit rampant; racemes very many-flowered, with slender pedicels, 

 short bracts and paler flowers; fruit smaller and rounder 



F. officinalis v. elegans. 

 Habit less robust; racemes fewer-flowered; flowers smaller, with re- 

 latively smaller sepals ; fruit of the type... F. officinalis v. minor. 

 Habit slenderer ; racemes fewer-flowered ; flowers smaller, more 

 broadly winged, with smaller sepals ; fruit about as broad as long, 



apiculate F. officinalis \. Wirtgeiii. 



'(12) Leaf-segments flat; racemes shortly peduncled ; bracts acumi- 

 nate, shorter than the fruiting pedicels; fruit subrotund, obscurely 



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Leaf-segments normally channelled ; racemes subsessile ; bracts 

 broader, cuspidate, as long as the fruiting pedicels ; fruit dis- 

 tinctly keeled IG 



Leaves 2-pinnatisect, with distant leaflets ; racemes about G-12- 

 flowered ; pedicels short, suberect or erect-spreading 



F. Vaillantii typica. 



Leaves 2-3-pinnatisect, with closer leaflets ; racemes about 10-lG- 



flowered ; pedicels longer and more erect F. Vaillantii v. Chavini. 



(14) Robust and diffuse in habit, with ample glaucous foliage ; flowers 



usually white; fruit subrotund, apiculate... F. 2^ci>'viJiora typica. 



Dwarf in habit, with finely cut, intensely glaucous foliage ; flowers 



often flushed with pink; fruit subrotund-ovate, subacute 



F. parvijiora v. acuminata. 

 Intermediate in habit, with very glaucous foliage and short leaf- 

 segments ; flowers usually whitish ; fruit subrotund, obtuse, with 

 a very short, notched beak F. parviflora v. Symci. 



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