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the case, for, as in C. lutea, its base remains while its apex disappears 
after flowering.) Seeds shining, black, smoother than in C. lutea, 
and with a much smaller crest. Plant glabrous and glaucous. 
Stems brittle and somewhat succulent. 
White Climbing Fumitory, or Corydalis. 
French, Corydalis & Vrilles, 
This plant owes its specific name to the tendrils with which its leafstalks termi- 
nate—clavicula being the Latin word for a tendril, or little stalk. 
GENUS VII—FUMARIA. Linn. 
Sepals 2, petaloid or scale-like, deciduous. Corolla narrow. 
Petals 4, connivent, the superior one with a spur or protuberance 
at the base, the lower one without a spur; inner petals narrow, 
cohering at the tips. Stamens 6, in two bundles, opposite the ex- 
terior petals; filament of the upper bundle of stamens having often 
a basal appendage directed backwards and included in the spur of 
the superior petal. Fruit sub-globular, 1-seeded, indehiscent. Style 
caducous. Seed without a crest. 
Annuals, with somewhat succulent, angular, diffusely branched 
stems, frequently supporting themselves by the aid of the petioles, 
which twist round adjacent bodies. Leaves alternate, twice or thrice 
pinnate, with a slight tendency to become ternate in the arrange- 
ment of the primary divisions. Flowers purple or whitish, with dark 
purple tips, racemose. Racemes opposite the leaves, or terminal. 
The generic name Fumaria comes from fwmus, smoke,—either because the plants 
are said to have a smoky smell, or on account of the light, almost smoky appear- 
ance of the herbage of some of the species, which seems to rise out of the ground 
almost as a smoke. 
SPECIES I—FUMARIA CAPREOLATA. Zinn. 
Pruates LXXI. LXXII. LXXIII. and LXXIV. 
Racemes rather lax, not much elongated in fruit. Sepals broadly 
ovate, acute, toothed, one third to two thirds the length of the tube 
of the corolla, and equal to it in breadth. Lower petal gradually 
enlarged towards the tip. Pedicels of the fruit reflexed or patent, 
longer than the bracts. Fruit smooth or slightly rugose when dry, 
sub-globular, slightly compressed, rounded or sub-truncate, but not 
retuse at the apex, where there is a very minute apiculus, on each 
side of which is a small pit. Leaves twice or thrice pinnate, the 
ultimate leaflets deeply cut or lobed; segments flat, oblong, ellip- 
tical, or oval. 
