(,01,I)-0I<-PI.1':ASURE ioi 



rapsules are iwo-valvcd, ami iln not n|Kn. Iml ihi' sci'ds arc left to 

 oerminate arouiul the parciu ]ilaiu. 



The Fumitorv is a saiul jilaiu, luxurialiiiL; in a saiul soil, ami 

 oTowiiiii" on niarh' tnrinalions such as ihe l\.ciipcr, ami saiulsloiie such 

 as the Midillc Lias. 



The only fungal pest is Pcroiiospora ajjhiis. No insects prey 

 on it. 



The name Funiaria was in\H-nleil by Gesncr from llic \ .a\.'\\\ Jitiints, 

 smoke, and fiiiiiiis tcrrw (hence l-"umitory) means earth smoke, while 

 officiiialis refers to its former medicinal use. 



The English names are Bey<;ary, Karth-smoke, I-'umc-of-the- 

 Earth, Fumiterre, Fumitory, l*"umusterre, God's Fingers and Thumbs, 

 Snapdragon. Wax Polls. 



The old writers called It Fumitory, imagining that it was produced 

 without seed from vapours rising from the earth. Ihis may be con- 

 nected with the fact that the root when just pulled up gives off a 

 gaseous smell, like fumes of nitric acid. Others held it so because 

 at a distance it looked like l)lue snu)ke. 



It was "used when gatheretl in wedding hours, and boiled in water 

 milk and whev, as a wash for the complexion of rustic maids". The 

 juice was said to cure bad sight or clear it. In the fourteenth century 

 it formed an ingredient in a remedy for bad blood and leprous diseases, 

 but is of no medicinal value, though it was used for scurvy, eczema, &c. 



Essential Specific Characters: — 



22. Fmnaria officinalis, L.- — Stem erect, leaves bipinnate, leaflets 

 cuneate, sepals not so wide as corolla tube, Hower rose-coloured, 

 capsule subglobose, retuse. 



Gold-of-Pleasure (Camelina sativa, Crantz) 



Seeds of this phuit ha\e not \et been found in (ilacial beds, nor 

 earlier than the present epoch. It is found in the Warm Temperate 

 Zone in Central and S. Europe, and Temperate Asia. The occurrence 

 of this plant in England is merely sporadic, and it is associated with 

 other plants of alien origin and merely passing permanence. Its dis- 

 tribution is not therefore known. 



Gold-of-Pleasure is one of those chance occupiers of the cornfield fir 

 flax field that delight the heart of the bird-fancier, who uses their seed 

 for his stock, but it is not regularly found in its favourite stations year 

 by year, coming up with grain sown yearly, or perchance here and there 

 surviving a good cleaning of the stubble of last year. F"la.\-like it hides 



