FUMARIA 
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The plate of Syme ( Eng . Bot. ed. 3, i, t. 74, as F. \capreolata subsp.] muralis) is not satisfactory, and may have 
been drawn from a slender form of our F. muralis subsp. boraei. 
Exsiccata : — Billot, 2807, as F. muralis ; Mandon {PI. Mader.), 5, as F. muralis ; Bourgeau {PL Canar.), 
n 73, as F. officinalis. 
Peduncles frequently incurved. Racemes with less than 12 flowers. Corolla 9 — 10 mm. long; 
upper petal apiculate. Fruit subrotund-ovate, very small, not more than 2 mm. long including the 
apiculus, and somewhat less in breadth. 
This variety is the true plant of Sonder from Hamburg. 
Very rare; Isle of Wight, Staffordshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Carnarvonshire; in recent years only known 
for Staffordshire. 
(i b) F. muralis subsp. sonderi var. decipiens Pugsley in Moss Camb. Brit. FI. iii, 181 ; F. muralis subsp. 
muralis var. decipiens Pugsley Fum. Brit. 23 (1912). 
Exsiccata: — Herb. Pugsley, 171, 178. 
Larger in all its parts than var. vera. Peduncles sometimes incurved. Racemes often with 10 — 15 
flowers. Pedicels often flexuous or irregularly recurved. Sepals rather larger than in var. vera. 
Corolla 10 — 11 mm. long; upper petal apiculate. Fruit subrotund-ovate, 2*5 mm. long, including 
the apiculus. 
This is a critical plant, not always readily distinguishable from the slender forms of the subsp. boraei. 
Rare; Dorset, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire. 
The subsp. sonderi can only be recorded from the above eight counties of England and Wales, and is not cer- 
tainly known in Scotland or Ireland. 
Norway, Germany, western France, Spain, Portugal ; Atlantic islands ; South Africa ; Bermuda; adventitious 
in Mauritius, Java, and New Zealand. 
(ii) F. muralis subsp. neglecta Pugsley Fum. Brit. 24 (1912). 
leones : — Camb. Brit. FI. iii. Plate 185. {a) Flowering branch, {b) Fruiting branch. ( c ) Inflorescence. 
{d) Flower (enlarged), {e) Lower petal in profile. {/) Sepals (two enlarged), {g) Fresh fruits (enlarged). 
{Ii) Dried fruits (enlarged). Cornwall (F. H. D.). 
Exsiccata : — Herb. Pugsley 164. 
Stem robust, suberect or ascending. Leaves light green ; leaf-segments oblong or lanceolate. 
Racemes long, with less than 20 flowers, exceeding the straight peduncles. Bracts linear-oblong, 
cuspidate. Fruiting pedicels about twice as long as the bracts, slender, straight, suberect. Sepals 
broadly oval, subentire or faintly toothed below, shortly acute, rather persistent, about 3 mm. long 
and 1 ’5 — 2*0 mm. broad. Corolla 9 — 10 mm. long: upper petal not broad, obtuse, wings somewhat 
exceeding the keel and extending to its apex : spur longer than the sepals. Fruit very shortly 
obovate, nearly truncate, moderately compressed and obscurely keeled ; when dry, faintly rugulose ; 
small, slightly over 2 mm. long and broad. 
This subspecies is, so far as is at present known, endemic to western Cornwall. It was discovered in 1907 in some 
quantity near Penryn, growing in the vicinity of F. martini. It also occurs in a second locality near Truro. It is placed as 
a subspecies of F. muralis with some hesitation, for while in corolla and fruit it clearly approaches both subsp. sonderi and 
subsp. boraei , its long and straight racemes and relatively short and broad bracts recall F. bastardi ; and its sepals are normally 
subentire like those of F martini. It is quite possible that it may have been overlooked in other habitats as its relatively 
small flowers render it inconspicuous ; and the fumitories of this series have been very generally confused. 
(iii) F. muralis subsp. boraei Pugsley [in Journ. Bot. xl, 178 (1902)] Fum. Brit. 25 (1912); F. boraei Jordan 
Cat. Gren. 15 (in annot.) (1849) nomen; Pugillus 4 (1852); Haussknecht in Flora lvi, 520 (1873); F. bastardi 
var. major Boreau in Duchartre’s Rev. Bot. ii, 359 (1846 — 1847); P- confusa mult. auct. angl., non Jordan. 
Stem robust or slender, considerably branched, suberect, diffuse or climbing to a height of 1 — 2 m. 
Leaves light green, rarely glaucous ; leaf-segments broadly cuneiform, oblong or more rarely lanceolate. 
Racemes with about 1 2 flowers, nearly equalling the usually straight peduncles. Bracts linear-lanceolate, 
acuminate. Fruiting pedicels twice as long as or at least a little longer than the bracts, straight and 
erect-spreading or more rarely flexuous or recurved. Sepals ovate, generally irregularly dentate towards 
the base, acute, acuminate, 3 — 5 mm. long and 2 — 3 broad. Corolla 10 — 12 mm. long; upper petal 
broad, subacute or apiculate or more rarely obtuse, wings often much exceeding the keel but seldom 
quite reaching the apex ; spur shorter than the sepals ; lower petal very rarely with spreading margins, 
often deflexed and free. Fruit usually obovate, rounded-obtuse above, contracted below to an obscure 
neck ; when dry, faintly rugulose or smooth ; of moderate size or more rarely small, 2 , o — 2^5 mm. long 
and generally nearly as broad. 
