202 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



pods ovoid or elliptical. — Waste places, naturalized near tlie 

 sea. n. May, June. The thick roots are eaten as a condi- 

 ment with meat. 



(40) Camelina. Gold of Pleasure. 



C. sativa : annual ; stem simple or slightly branched, 1-2 

 feet high ; lowest leaves stalked, lanceolate, entire, 1-2 inches 

 long, the upper ones sessile, clasping the stem with pointed 

 auricles; pods obovate, in a long, loose raceme. — Corn and 

 flax fields. Fl. June. 



(41) Fumaria. Fumitory. 



F. oflBLcinalis : annual, tufted or diffuse, ^-1 foot high; 

 leaves much divided into numerous flat segments, generally 

 three-lobed, the lobes broadly lanceolate or oblong ; flowers in 

 racemes of 1-2 inches long, at first dense, often lengthening 

 out, red, the sepals ovate-lanceolate, narrower than the corolla 

 tube ; nuts rugose, retusely globose. — Cultivated ground. Fl. 

 May to September. The two following plants are often sepa- 

 rated as species : — 



Var. micrantha: leaf-segments usually small; flowers pale 

 red, smaller and in closer racemes, the sepals remarkably 

 large, broader than the corolla tube. — Fields. 



Var. parviflora : leaf-segments narrow ; flowers small, wliite 

 or rarely red, the sepals very small, sometimes quite minute. 

 —Fields. 



P. capreolata : annual, climbing or diffuse ; stems two feet 

 or more high ; leaves cut into numerous divisions, with 

 broadish flat lobes ; flowers white or pale red, the sepals 

 ovate toothed, as broad as the corolla tube ; nuts nearly orbi- 

 cular. — Walls and Hedges. Fl. June to September. 



