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(b) M. fontana var. intermedia Druce in Moss Camb. Brit. FI. iii, 5; M. fontana subsp. minor var. inter- 
media Beeby in Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. 104 (1909). 
leones: — Chamisso in Linnaea v, t. 7, fig. 2 (1831), as M. lamprosperma. 
Exsiccata: — Van Heurck, iii, 61, as M. rivularis ; Huter {I tin. Hisp., ann. 1879), 794, as M. rivularis-, 
Reverchon, 965, as M. minor ; PI. Gall. Sept, et Belg., 279, as M. rivularis. 
Seeds covered with rather coarser reticulations than in var. lamprosperma , and with two or 
three rows of smaller and less prominent tubercles on each side of the keel which is itself 
granular-tuberculate ; usually of a darker colour than var. lamprosperma. 
Although this variety is intermediate in its seed-character between var. lamprosperma and var. chondrosperma, its 
distribution precludes its being regarded as a hybrid. . „ , 
Babington {Man. ed. 2, 119 (1847)) no doubt had this form in mind when he referred to “ M. minor Gmelin, as he 
states that the seeds of what he regards as this plant are “ reticulate-scabrous, rather opaque. 
M. fontana var intermedia is local, usually occurring in watery places, the land-form apparently being rather 
rare. Cornwall, Devonshire, Somerset, Surrey, Essex, Northamptonshire, Worcestershire, Cheshire; Wales— 
Merionethshire ; Ireland — co. Cork. 
Belgium and Spain, and doubtless elsewhere. 
(c) M fontana var. chondrosperma Fenzl in Ledebour FI. Ross, ii, part 1, 152 (1844); M. fontana L. 
loc cit partim non herb.; Gaertner Fruct. ii, 220, t. 129 (179O; Smith FI. Brit, i, 16 1 (1800)!; Eng. Bot. 
no 1206 (1803); Chamisso in Linnaea vi, 565, t. 7, % 1 (1831); sensu stricto; M. verna Necker Dehc. FI. 
Gallo-Belg. i 78 (1773); M. minor Gmelin FI. Baden, i, 301 (1805) partim ; Hallier und Wohlfarth in Koch’s Syn. 
896 (1892 )• M. arvensis Wallroth in Linnaea xiv, 547 (1840); M. minor var. chondrosperma Rouy et Foucaud 
FI. France 'iii, 316 (1896); M. fontana subsp. minor var. chondrosperma Beeby in Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 104 (1909)- 
leones Smith Eng. Bot. t. 1206, as M. fontana-, Graves and Hooker in Curtis’s FI. Lond. ed. 2, as M. 
fontana- Gaertner Fruct. ii, t. 129, as M. fontana- Baxter Phaen. Bot. iii, t. 196, as M. fontana. 
