25i DIADELPIIIA— HEXANDllIA. Fumnrin. 



Capnos alba latifolia. Lob. Obs.438.f. Ic.7o8.f. Dalech.Hist. 

 1295./. 



Coiydalls claviculata. DeCand. Syst. v. 2. 128. Grev. Edin. 153. 



In bushy, shady, rather hilly situations, on a gravelly, stony, or 

 sandy soil. 



Annual. June, JuJij. 



Root slender. Stents one or more, delicate and tender, flattened 

 on one side, branched, leafy, from 1 to 3 or 4 feet high, climbing 

 upon other plants, by means of branched tendrils terminating 

 then- footstalks. Leaves pinnate; then pedate or ternate; leaf- 

 lets elliptical, entire, glaucous ; paler beneath. Clusters oppo- 

 site to each leaf, stalked, rather dense, of several elegant white 

 Jlowers, variegated with blue or grey, each on a short partial 

 stalk, scarcely so long as its accompanying small bractea. Cal. 

 toothed. Spur rounded, very short. Pod. lanceolate, acute, 

 undulated at each side, containing 3 or 4 seeds. 



'^'* Pod single-seeded. Nectary single. Fiimaria. DeCand. 



4. F. officinalis. Common Fumitory. 



Cluster rather lax. Pods single-seeded, globose, abrupt, 

 on upright stalks, twice as long as the bracteas. Stetn 

 spreading. Segments of the leaflets lanceolate. 



F. officinalis. Linn. Sp. PI. 984. Willd. v. 3. 867. Fl. Br. 750. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 9. t. 589. Curt. Lond.fasc. 2. t. 52. Mart. Rust, 

 t. C8. li'oodv. t. 88. Mill. Ic. 9\.t. 136./. 2 ; bad. Hook. 

 Scot. 210. DeCand. Sij^t. v. 2. 134. FL Dan. t. 940. Dreves 

 Bilderb. t. \6. Bull. Fr.t.\ 89. 



F. n. 346. Hall. Hist. v.].\49. 



V. vulgaris. Raii Sijn. 204. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. p. \. 20\.f. 



F. purpurea. Ger. Em. 1088./. 



Fumaria. Trag. Hist. 1 ] 0./. Fuchs. Hist. 338. f. Matth. f'algr. 

 501./. Camer. Epit. 890./. Dalech. Hist. 1292./. Riv. Tetrap. 

 Irr. t. 1. 



Fumus terrse. Brun/. Herb. v. \. 99. f. 



Capnos. Lob. Obs. 437 ./ Ic.7^7./. 



In cultivated ground, and about hedges, common. 



Annual. May — August. 



Root tapering. Herb glaucous. Stem much branched, spreading, 

 often recumbent, leafy, angular, various in luxuriance. Leaves 

 mostly alternate, twice or thrice jjinnate; leaflets wedge-shaped, 

 with flat lanceolate segments. Clusters opposite to the leaves, 

 stalked, erect, manv-flowered, rather la.^. Bracteas lanceolate, 

 acute, not half the length of the Jloiver-stallcs, especially when 

 in fruit. Fl. rose coloured, or pale red, deep red at the summit, 

 with a green keel to the upj er and under petals. Spur very 

 short, rounded. Cal. coloured, toothed, deciduous. Pod glo- 

 bose, a little compressed, abrupt or notched at the extremity. 



