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FuMARIA GLAUCA. GLAUCOUS FUMITORY. 



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CZs/jr tf«^ Order. 



DlADELPBIA HEXANDRIA. 



Generic Characler. 



Gz/. diphyllus. Cor. ringens. Filamenta 2, membranacea, 

 fingula Antheris 3. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



FUMARIA fempervirens filiquis linearibus paniculatis, caule 

 ereclo. Linn. Sp. PL V. 2. p. 984. Syji. Vegetal. 

 ed. 14. Murr. p. 837. Ait. Hort. Kew. V. 3. />• 2. 

 Baftard Fumitory. M///. £*#. ed. 6. ±to. 



FUMARIA filiquofa fempervirens. Corn. Canad. 57. t, 57- 



The term fempervirens applied to this plant by Linn/EUS, 

 originated in the defcription given of it by Cornutus; 

 (vid. Syn.) the impropriety of calling an annual plant (for 

 fuch it undoubtedly is with us, and muft be in Canada, its 

 native place of growth} an evergreen, has appeared to us 

 too glaring to be continued; we have thought the promo- 

 tion of the fcience required a change in the name, and have 

 therefore altered it to that of glauca y as coinciding with the 

 Englifh name of glaucous, given it by Mr. Aiton in his 

 Hortus Kezvenjis ; for to the delicate, pleafing, glaucous hue 

 of its foliage, it owes its beauty, as much as to the lively 

 colours of its bloffoms. 



It is a hardy annual, coming up fpontaneoufly in the open 

 border where it has once flowered and feeded, and fometimes 

 reaching the height of two feet. 



It flowers from June to September. 



Mr. Aiton informs us of its having been cultivated b/ 

 Mr. James Sutherland in the year 1683. Strange! tna 

 it mould yet be a rarity in our gardens. 



