FUMARIA.] FUMARIACEsE. 21 



or slightly channelled, racemes short, much elongated after flowering, 

 flowers smaller \-\ in. pale, bracts coloured. — Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, 

 "W. Asia to India. 



4. F. parviflo'ra, Lamk. ; diffuse, leaf-segments narrow, sepals minute 

 toothed T V-& as long and not | as broad as the corolla-tube, lower petal 

 abruptly dilated at the tip, pedicels erecto-patent equal to or exceeding 

 the bracts, fruit globose rugose when dry top with 2 pits. F. tenuiscc'ta, 

 Syme. 



Waste places, &c, from Mid. Scotland southd. ; (a colonist, Wats.); fl. June- 

 Sept.— Best distinguished by habit, by the narrow leaf -segments, small pale 

 flowers and minute sepals. — Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia 

 to India. 

 F. parviflo'ra proper ; leaf-segments channelled, racemes dense, sepals tri- 

 angular-ovate | as long and \ as broad as the corolla-tube, pedicels equalling 

 the bracts, fruit pointed.— From Perth southd., rare. 

 Sub-sp. F. Vaillan'tii, Loisel. ; leaf-segments flat, racemes lax, sepals lanceo- 

 late A as long and ^ as broad as the corolla-tube, pedicels exceeding the 

 bracts, fruit rounded at the top. —Yorkshire and SE. England. 



2. CORYD'ALIS, do. 



Erect herbs with a tuberous rootstock, or weak and diffuse, or slender 

 and climbing by tendrils. Leaves much divided, alternate or subopposite. 

 Racemes terminal or leaf-opposed. Floral characters of Ftimaria, but 

 ovules numerous, and fruit an inflated 2-valved capsule. Seeds small, 

 raphe often crested. — Distrib. Chiefly Mediterranean and Himalayan, 

 a few N. American and S. African ; species 70. — Etym. Greek for a 

 Fumaria. 



1. C. clavicula'ta, DO. ; annual, branched, climbing by branched 



tendrils terminating the petioles, racemes leaf-opposed. 



Copses, banks, and thatched roofs from Koss southd. ; ascends to near 1,000 

 ft. ; N.E. Ireland ; fl. June-Aug. — Stems 1-3 ft., brittle, slender. Leaves 

 glaucous, pinnate, pinna 3- or digitately 5-foliolate ; segments small, ovate 

 or oblong. Pedicels very short ; bracts cuspidate. Flowers J in., straw- 

 coloured ; spur very short. Pods J in., linear-oblong. Testa shining, granu- 

 late. — Distrib. W. Europe, from Denmark to Spain. 



C. lu'tea, DO. ; perennial, branched, diffuse, root fibrous, leaves 2-3- 

 ternately pinnate, racemes leaf-opposed, flowers subsecund yellow. 

 Old walls; an escape from cultivation; fl. May-Aug. — Rootstock branched. 

 Stem 6-12 in. ; angular. Leaves long petioled, leaflets oblong-ovate or ob- 

 ovate, entire or lobed. Pedicels long ; bracts lanceolate, erose. Flowers \-\ 

 in. ; spur short, thick, incurved. Pods oblong, compressed, acuminate ; style 

 deciduous. — Distrib. W. Europe, from Belgium southd. 



C. sol'ida, Hook. ; perennial, rootstock tuberous, stem simple, leaves 

 2-3-ternately pinnate, raceme terminal, flowers purple. G. bulbo'sa, DC. 

 Banks and cultivated ground, naturalized in England ; fl. April-May. — Very 



glaucous. Rootstock 1 in. diam. and upwards. Stem 6-10 in., stout, with 



