FUMARIACE^ 3 



Species about 5 only, in tropical Himalaya and here. 



Closely allied to COCCULUS {^F.B.L 5 X) but separated because of the 

 drooping panicles and the centre of the endocarp reduced to a thin flat 

 septum. 



Diploclisia glaucescens Diels.; F.B.L as Cocculus 

 macrocarpus W.& A., i lOI, X I. A large climber, leaves 

 round or broader than long, 5-nerved, glaucous beneath, 

 2 to 4 inches across, shorter than their petioles ; flowers 

 yellow ; drupes reddish, obovoid I in. long. 



Nilgiris and Pulneys in forests, up to 6,000 feet. [G,F, 

 M.P,] 



Gen. Dht. Western Ghats. 



FUMARIACE7E. 



Herbs with usually delicate much divided leaves and 

 the parts of the flower in twos. Sepals 2. Petals 4 in two 

 dissimilar pairs, one or both of the outer pair swollen 

 or spurred at the base, the inner pair smaller and usually 

 coherent at the tips. Stamens 6, in two bundles opposite 

 the outer petals the middle anther 2-celled, the outer 

 l-celled. Ovary l-celled, but of 2 carpels ; fruit a 

 l-seeded and indehiscent or a many-seeded capsule. 



Species about 150, in the temperate and warm regions of ths 

 N. Hemisphere. 



Common European weeds which may at any time appear on these hills 

 are various species of fu.varia -Fumitory) and CORVDALIS. 



Species of dicentra (dielytra) especially D. spectabilis are culti- 

 vated in gardens. 



CORYDALIS. F.B.I. 9 III. 



Herbs with the characters given above but one outer 

 petal only spurred and capsule many-seeded. 

 Species about 80, mostly in temp. Europe and Asia. 



Fumaria is very similar, but the flowers are usually pinkish not 

 yellow, and the capsule only i -seeded. 



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