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Clafs and Order. 
DIADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cal. diphyllus. Cor. ringens. Filam. 2 membranacea, fingul 
Antheris 3. | a 
: Specific Chara&ter and Synonyms. 
FUMARIA /ilida, caule fimplici, braéteis brevioribus multi- 
fidis, radice folida. Mill. Did. ed. 6. 4to. | 
_FUMARIA éuldofa, caule fimplici, braéteis longitudine fl 
- rum. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 636 
© wp. Phied. 9. p. 983. Ait. KEW OUR 1, 
-FUMARIA éalbofa radice non cavamajor. Baub. Pin. p. 1446 
Small hollow roote. Park Parad. p. 275. 279. f. 2. ee 
By the old Botanifts this {pecies of Fumaria, whofe root ‘is 
conftantly folid, was confidered as a diftinét {pecies from ano- 
ther fimilar to it of larger growth, whofe root is as conftantly 
hollow, and which will be figured in the next number of this_ 
work; Caspar BaunIne in particular, in his Pinax, defcribes” 
the characters in which they differ: Linn aus neverthelels 
makes them varieties of each other, uniting them under the 
name of buléofa ; from this union we have taken the liberty to 
diffent, choofing rather to follow Mirizr, who regards them 
as diftinét, and the Botanifts preceding him. — 
The Fumaria folida, a very old inhabitant of our gardens, 
is a plant of very humble growth, rarely exceeding three or 
four inches in height, and producing its fpike of purple 
~ flowers in April, which continue in bloffom about a fortnight. _ 
In point of colour the flowers of this plant are not fubje& 
_ to much variation, we poffefs a variety of it with bloffoms of 2 
much brighter colour than thofe of the common fort, and 
which, on that account, is much more worthy of cultivation. | 
As a {pring plant, it deferves a place in the garden; in point 
of ornament, itis applicable to. the fame purpofes as. the 
~ Primrofe, will grow in almoft any foil or fituation, requires t0 
be taken up in the autumn, and frefh-planted every two oF 
three years; if fuffered to remain in the fame fpot for a great 
length of time, it becomes fmaller, produces few or no flowers, 
and is fo altered in its appearance, as to look like anoth 
fpecies. : 
