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-FuMARIA ‘Cava. Hoitiow-Roorenb 
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| — Clafs and Order. 
i ~DraperepHiA HEXANDRIA, : \ 
| Generic Charaéer. 
Cal. diphyllus. Cor. ringens. Filamenta 2 membranacea fin- 
gula Antheris 3. oe : 2 
Specific Character and § Synonyms. 
FUMARIA cava, caule fimplici, braftcis longitudine florum 
oo integris, radice cava. : 
FUMARIA bulbofa radice cava major. Bauh. Pin, p. 143. 
RADIX cava major. Park. Parad. p. 275. 
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The hollow-rooted Fumitory differs from the /o/ida, already — 
_ figured, and that conftantly, in a variety of particulars ; its root” 
_ is always, as far as we have obferved, hollow, appearing fome- 
times, as Parkinson informs us, “ like a fhell, every part 
“ of which when broken will grow ;” frequently acquiring @ 
very great fize; the plant itfelf ufually grows to twice the 
height of the /olida, bearing foliage and flowers proportionably 
-large; its braétee or floral leaves, which in the /olida affume 
a kind of finger’d appeatance from the manner in which they — 
are divided, in this are entire or but flightly indented; it 
flowers alfo about three weeks earlier. eS oe 
Of the Fumaria cava there are three principal varie 
point of coiour, viz. the white, the blufh-coloyred, a 
purple, which, though plentiful in our gardens formerty, 
now rarely met with; Mr. Cuappztow informs me, that 
found them all this fpring, in an old plantati ddit 
where they produced the moft pleafing effe&. aes ee 
It begins to flower-in March and conti in bleom three 
' weeks or a month, rarely produces any feed, fo thar it is to 
be propagated only by dividing its roots; it is a hardy her 
baceous plant, a native of Germany, and will grow in almol 
any foil provided it be planted in a fhady fituation..  _ 
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