DIADELPHIA HEXANDRIA. [_CL. XVII. 



17. TRIFO'LIUM. Legume hardly longer than the calyx, with one 



seed, seldom more, deciduous, not bursting. 



18. LOTUS. Legume cylindrical, straight, spongy within. Wings 



cohering at their upper edges. Filaments dilated upwards. 



DIADELPHIA. HEXANDRIA. 



1. FUMA'RIA. FUMITORY. 



Calyx inferior, of two opposite, erect, acute, small, membranous, 

 deciduous leaves. Corolla oblong, tubular, gaping with a promi- 

 nent palate, filling up the mouth ; petals four, more or less united ; 

 upper lip flat, blunt, notched, reflected, its base prominent, obtuse, 

 forming the nectary; lower lip like the upper, sometimes with a 

 similar nectary at the base, and sometimes only keeled there ; two 

 inner petals linear, slightly connected by their tips. Filaments 

 two, flat, shorter than the corolla, one within each lip; anthers 

 roundish, three at the end of each filament. Germen roundish or 

 oblong, compressed, pointed. Stigma compressed, of two flat 

 lobes. Pod roundish or oblong, one-celled. Seeds roundish, 

 crested. Named fromfumus, smoke. 346. 



* Pod round, one-seeded ; nectary single. 



1. F. officindlis. Common Fumitory. Cluster rather loose; stem 

 branched, spreading; leaves twice pinnate, with their segments lance- 

 shaped. Stem from three to six inches high : clusters opposite to the 



leaves, stalked: flowers rose-coloured, dark-red at their summit: spur 

 very short, rounded. Annual : flowers from May to November : grows 

 in loose soil: common. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 589. Eng. Fl. vol.iii. 

 p. 255. 1020. 



2. F. parvifldra. Small-flowered Fumitory. Cluster loose ; stem spread- 

 ing ; leaves twice pinnate, with their segments linear and channelled. 



Smaller than the last : flowers pale-red, with purple tips. Annual : 



flowers in August and September: prows in fields : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 ix. pi. 590. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 256. 1021. 



3. F. capreoldta. Romping Fumitory. Cluster rather loose ; stem 

 climbing by means of the twisted leaf-stalks ; leaves thrice ternate, with 

 wedge-shaped lobed leaflets. From two to four feet high, greatly re- 

 sembling the common fumitory. Annual: flowers in summer and autumn : 

 grows in cultivated fields: common. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 943. Eng. 

 Ft. vol. iii. p. 256. 1022. 



** Pod oblong, many-seeded ; nectary single. 



4. F. solida. Solid Bulbous Fumitory. Stem generally simple, erect; 

 leaves twice ternate ; bracteas palmate, longer than each flower-stalk. 



Root round, fleshy: cluster terminal, solitary, erect, of about twelve 



pale-purple flowers. Perennial : flowers in April and May: grows in 

 woods and thickets in England, but is not indigenous : rare. Eng. Bot. 

 vol.xxi. pi. 1471. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 253. 1023. 



5. F. Intea. Yellow Fumitory. Pods nearly cylindrical, shorter than 

 their stalks; stem erect, angular; bracteas minute ; spur short, rounded. 



