DIADELPHIA—HEXANDRIA. Fumaria. 255 



Capnos alba latifolia. Loh. Obs. 438. f. Ic. 7o8./. Dalech. IJisf. 



1295./. 

 Corydalis claviculata. DeCand. Sij^t. v. 2. 128. Grev. Ed'm. 153. 



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

 sandy soil. 



Annual. JunCj, July. 



Root slender. Stems 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 

 X\\^\x footstalks. Leare.s pinnate J then pedate or ternatej leaf- 

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

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

 flowers, 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. 



** Podsingle-seeded. Ncctari/ siiigle, Fumaria. DeCand. 

 4. F. officinalis. Common Fumitory. 



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

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

 spreading. Segments of the leaflets lanceolate. 



F. officinalis. Linn. Sp. PL 984. mild. v. 3. 867. Fl. Br. 750. 



Engl. Bot. V. 9. /. 589. Curt. Lond.Jasc. 2. t. 52. Mart. Rust. 



t. 68. IVoodv. t. 88. Mill. Ic. 91. ^ 13C./. 2; bad. Hook. 



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



Bilderb. t.\6. BulL Fr. L 189. 

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



F. vulgaris. Raii Syn. 204. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. /). 1 . 201 ./. 

 V. purpurea. Ger. Em. 1088./. 

 Fumaria. Trag. Hist. 110./. Fuclis. Hist. 338./. Matth. Valgr. 



501./: Camer.Epif. 890. f. Dalech. Hist. \2<J2.f. Rir.Tetrap. 



Irr, i. 1 . 

 Fumus terra?. Brunf. Herb. v. 1. 99./. 

 Capnos. Lob. Obs. 437. f. h\7~>7.f. 



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. Leans 

 mostly alternate, twice or thrice pinnate -, leaflets wedge-shaped, 

 with flat lanceolate segments. Clusters opposite to the leaves, 

 sUilked, erect, many-flowered, rather lax. Bracteas lanceolate, 

 acute, not half the length of ihv Jlouer-stalks, especially when 

 in fruit. I'l. rose-coloured, or pale red, deep red at the summit, 

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

 short, rounded. r«/. coloured, toothed, deciduous, /'(u/ glo- 

 bose, a little compressed, abrupt or notched at the e.xtremity. 



