26 BRITISH BOTANY. 



petal with a very short, rounded spur. Pods ovate-lanceolate. 

 Seeds black, shining, reniform. 



In bushy, shady places. Annual ; June, July. 



FuMARiA, Lin. — Annual plants, with angular branched and 

 spreading stems, often climbing by means of the twisted petioles. 

 Leaves 2-3-pinnate. Flowers purple or white, tipped with a 

 l)lack-purple border (deep red summit) . Petals 4, the lower one 

 channelled, the inner cohering at their tips, and with lateral en- 

 largements, as in Corydalis. Fruit roundish, one-seeded, not 

 opening. Seeds without an aril. 



P. oflScinalis, Lin. Common Fumitory . — b.b. 589. l.b.s. 51. 

 A. 18. C. 82. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-200 yds., E. HigMands. 

 Tern. 52-45°. 



Root tapering, vertical. Stems several, the central one erect, 

 the lateral ones spreading, 8-12 inches high, branching.. Leaves 

 2-3-pinnate, with oblong-linear and pointed segments. Flowers 

 numerous, purple, in dense clusters (the clusters of fruit are 

 rather lax) . Bracts lanceolate, rather longer than the pedicels of 

 the flowers. Sepals ovate, not half as long as the corolla. Fruit 

 broad at the apex, slightly depressed or truncate (the horizontal 

 diameter of the fruit is greater than its vertical diameter) . 



Fields, gardens, and roadsides. Annual ; May-October. 



Var. /3. scandens. — F. media (Loisel. not. 102). — F. capreolata, 

 Thuill. Fl. Par. 354, non Lin. Segments of the leaves ovate-. 

 oblong ; petioles twisted. Flowers white or pale rose-colour, with 

 larger sepals than the common form. — In bushy, moist, shady places. 



F. capreolata, Lin. Ramping Fumitory. — e.b. 943. l.b.s. 50. 

 A. 1^8. C. 70. Lat. 50-60°. Alt. 0-100 yds., in England. Tern. 

 51-46°. 



Stems variable in length, sometimes several feet long, climb- 

 ing with the aid of the twisted petioles. Leaves 2-3-pinnate, 

 with oblong mucronate segments, on elongate, slender, primary 

 and secondary petioles. Flowers in lax clusters, white or pale 

 rose. Sepals ovate, pointed^ about half as long as the corolla, 

 and of the same breadth, excluding the spur. Fruit globular, not 

 apiculate. 



About hedges, in cultivated places. Annual ; JVIay-September. 



Var. a. 7'ectirva. Pedicels of the fruit drooping. 



Var. /3. patula. Pedicels of the fruit more or less spreading, 

 not drooping. 



