256 DIADELPHIA— HEXANDRIA. Fumaria. 



so as to be inversely heart-shaped, as Curtis first, I believe, re- 

 marked ; its surface smooth ; valves united^ not splitting asunder. 

 Seed solitary, globose. 

 Dr. Cullen recommends the expressed juice of this herb, in a dose 

 of 2 ounces twice a day, to cleanse the skin from leprous disor- 

 ders. The same great physician thought it useful as a tonic, 

 wherever bitter medicines are advisable j but of these we have 

 many doubtless more powerful. 



5. Y. parviflora. Small-flowered Fumitory. 



Cluster lax. Pods single-seeded, globose, pointed. Stem 

 spreading. Segments of the leaflets linear, channelled. 



F. parviflora. Lam. Diet. v. 2. .567. mild. Sp. PL v. 3. 868. Fl. 



Br. 750. E7igl. Bot. v. 9. t. 590. DeCand. Sijsf. v. 2. 136. 

 F. spicata /3. Luin. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. 637. 

 F. tenuifolia. Sym. Syn. 200 ; with the syn. of F. spicata. 

 F. foliis tenuissimis, floribus albis, circa Monspelium nascens. 



Vaill. Par.oG. t. 10. f. 5. 

 F. tenuifolia, flore niveo. Besl. Hort. Eyst. vern. ord. 1. /. 11./. 3. 

 F. exilis romana. Bocc. Mus. \07.t.S\. 



In fields in the south of England. 



About Woldham, near Rochester. Mr. Jacob Rayer. Near Ep- 

 som. Mr. T. F. Forster. Probably Gerarde gathered it between 

 Charlton and Greenwich, though his figure represents F. spicata. 



Annual. August, September. 



Herb like the last, but rather smaller in every part. Segments of 

 the leaves very narrow, linear and channelled, not at all dilated, 

 all uniform. Bracteas longer in proportion to ihejloiuer-stalhs, 

 rather awl-shaped. Fl. not more than half the size of F. offici- 

 nalis, pale red, occasionally white ; tips of the inner petals pur- 

 ple. Pod globose with a point, not abrupt, or notched. This is 

 doubtless a very distinct species from the foregoing, and, as 

 Prof. DeCandoUe remarks, has no relationship to F. spicatUy 

 whose terminal spikes, and oval, flat, thick-edged, dotted pod, 

 are abundantly characteristic. 



6. F. capreolata. Ramping Fumitory. 



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

 climbing by means of the twisting footstalks. Leaflets 

 wedge-shaped, lobed. 



F. capreolata. Lbin. Sp.Pl.ed.\.70\.ed.2.9S'D. Willd.v.3.868. 



FLBr.75\. Engl. Bot. v.\4.t. 943. Curt. Lo7id.fasc. 6. t. 47. 



Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 9.9. PVith. 62]. t. 30. Hook. Scot. 210. 



DeCand. Syst. v. 2. 133 ? Ehrh. Herb. 78. 

 F. officinalis /3. Huds. 309. 

 F. media. DeCand. Syst. v. 2. 1 34 ? 



