mn 



FUMARIA nobilis. 



Great-flowered Fumitory 



DIADELPHIA HEXANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. pArAVERACE^. Jussku gen. 235. Div. II. Stamina defi- 

 nitn. 



FUMARIA. Snprd vol. l.fol. 50. 



Div. Corollis unicalcaratis. 

 F. nobilis, caule simplici, racemo tcrmmali, bracteia oblongis, acutis, flore 



brevioribua, foliis pinnatis, foliolis tripartito-laciniatis. IVttld. sp. pi. 3. 



858. 

 Fumaria nobilis. Linn. $y$t. veg. 639. Jacq. hort. vindob. 2. 53. t. 116. 



Hort. Kexv. 3. 1. ed. 2. 4. 239. Andrews's rcposit. 6I4-. Curtis* smagaz. 



1953. 



Radix, initio bulbosa et sitbtus cava, in Jlorente plant a, solida. Folia 

 radicalia 3 plura, spithamcea, bipinnata, glabra, ex glauco virentia; costa 

 communi media pentagona et antice sulcata; lateralibus subtrigonis, alternis; 

 Jbliolis subrotundis, obtusis, lobatis et incisis. Caules etiam egrediuntur 

 plures, angulati, inanes, tribus plerilmque Joliis ornati. Quartum summum 

 folium, bractece instar, Jlorem ex ala emittit, a spica remotum. Bracteaj 

 inferiores sunt magis lobatce, et Jbliis propterea similiores; superiores sunt 

 ovatce et integral. Flores albi, limbo luteo cum Faucis prominentis apice 

 nigricante, odorem spirant ad Primulam veris accedentem, et cadem sunt 

 tnagnitudine in horto quatn Fumaria bulbosa, structuraque shnili, sed labiis 

 brevioribus magisque concavis, et calycis Jbliolis membranaceis albentibus et ex 

 lanceolate Jgura in setam desinentibus. Facilius tamen, distinguitur spica" 

 valdc obtusti et dcpressa, caulibusque et peliolis angulatis. Jacq. loc. cit. 



Native of Siberia. Introduced by Mr. John Groefer in 

 1 783. A hardy perennial plant. 



Root tuberous. Radical leaves 7-9, a span long, bipin- 

 nate, smooth, glaucous green; midrib sulcate and angular; 

 leaflets roundish, blunt, lobed and carved. Stems several, 

 slanted, angular, fistular. Cauline leaves 4, sessile, com- 

 pound. Raceme inclining one way, very obtuse. Bract es 

 ovately lanceolate, entire. Flowers smelling something like 

 those of the Cowslip, twice the size of those of Fumaria 

 bulbosa, white, with a yellow limb and with the top of the 

 tongue of the faux nearly black; lips neither notched, nor 

 serrate. Calyx minute, toothed. 



The drawing was taken at Mr. Knight's nursery, in the 

 King's Road, Fulham. 



