glaucous: /eaflets pinnatifid, ‘with lobes irregularly incifed. 
Scape naked, rounded, bearing 2—6 white yellow-tipped 
flowers, lodkihg to one fide in a fimple raceme. . Pedicles 
oie flowered, fhorter than corolla, Braées {mall, lanceolate, - 
ccploured, one at the infértion of the pedicle in the fcape, and 
tvfo oppofite near the calyx, of which they might in our draw- 
irig be taken for external leaflets, but in fome {pecimens they 
* are more-diftant. Calyx of two heart-fhaped leaflets preffed 
clofe to the bafe of the corolla. Corolla bilabiate-like, with 
~ both lips fimilar, equal, lengthened backwards into a fpur or 
neflary, and reflefted at the mouth. [Standard and keel ?] 
Between the lips are two fiddle-fhaped petals which embrace 
- the ftigma and anthers [wings ?], Stamens 6: filaments difting, 
three inferted into the lower edge of each lip. Ovary oblong- 
oval, one-celled: ovu/a round, fhining: fy/e ereét, the length 
of the ovary : figma globofe. nets eee 
The remarkable ftru€ture of the flower in this fpecies, may 
feem to juftify thofe Botanifts who have confidered it as form- 
ing a genus diftin@ from Fumaria. "The difference however 
is not fo great as at firft fight appears, for the curtailing one 
of ‘th : {pairs and ‘uniting the fix filaments into two would leave 
very little difference ; and it may be noted that there is fome- 
thing anomalous either in the flower or fruit of almoft every 
: x?) Be UMARIA, Increafing “the parts of this flower 
fpeties c 
vor a bring it hear to Aguitectia ; which confirms the pro- 
ety of Jussrru’s having placed the Ranunculacee and 
Papaveracee, as adjoining orders, in his fyftem. Cornutt’ 
plant is always quoted as a fynonym of this; but from his 
figure, as well as becaufe He defcribes it to be free from acri- 
Mony, we fee no reafon to think they can be the fame. 
" The change in the fpecific -charaéter was fu efted to 
Mr, DrvanpER by a very nearly rélated fpecies, found by 
Mr. “Arcrraarp MeNeies on the weft. coaft of North- 
Awierica, and preferved in ‘the Bankflan Herbarium, under 
the name of crube/cens, diftinguifhed from F. Cucullaria, “ cal- 
“ caribu’ inctirvis.” pte 
_ Communicated by Mr. Loppters. Flowers in May. Pro- 
pagated by feparating the bulbs. ‘Loveés'a fhady fituation and 
dight fomewhat loamy foil. Native of Virginia and Canada, 
Cultivated by Pattie Mixer in 1759. 
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