86 DIABELPHIA. HEXAXDUIA. 



2, incmbranaceoiis, each bearing 3 anthers* 

 Capsule silifjuose, many-scetUMl. 



Caulescent, rarely stemlcss; leaves multipartite, some- 

 times imperfectly bipinnate or biternate, the racliisnotun- 

 irequently terminated by tendrils; floweis in terminal ra- 

 ceHics; corolla witli 1 or 2 calcaraie nectaries at the base 



Species. 1. C. VuciiUaria. Obs. Calix unequal, 4- 

 feaved, leaves decussated, 2 of them linear and acumi- 

 nate, the 2 others appressed to the corolla, ovate, acumi- 

 r.ate. Petals 2, saccate at the base, limb iiooded and re- 

 flected, filaments 6, diistinct, 3 arising from each petal, 

 central filament calcarate at the base. Thalamus connate 

 above, pardy pandurifurm, dorsally crested, hollow and 

 impervious, v»ilh rugose folds. Capsule lanceolate-ovate, 

 many-seeded. Stigma compressed, somewhat rcniform. 

 Koot a granulated scaly bulb, a bulbous enlargement pro- 

 duced at the base of each leaf, finely spotted with red; 

 leaves radical, ternate, jjartitions subhiternately divided, 

 ultimate segments incisely toothed, roundish at the exire- 

 nfity, with a short setaceous point; raceme secund, flow- 

 crs nodduig, white wiUi a yellowish limb; bractes obvallate, 

 bhort and acuminate. — Mr. Bosk proposed this plant as a 

 distinct genus under the name oi' JJicb'tra. Mr. Pursh af- 

 terwards proposes another name intended to include the 

 first section of this genus with bicalcarate flowers; it does 

 not, however, prove to be natural, as there is almost a dif- 

 ferent structure in each individual; for instance, Cfoniwsa 

 and C.fun^-osa-dCcovdv,'ith the genus in having 2 triandie- 

 riferous filaments, notwithstanding this discrepancy, the 

 habit of C.forniusa and C spectahilis is too similar to that 

 of C Cnadlaria ever to admit uf any separation. 2./t/r- 

 vwsa. o.teniafoliu. Ph. 4. fini^^osa. 



§11. Corolla iinicalcarate. — S.glauca. 6. aurea. 

 Siberia, Japan, and Europe aftbrd most part of this ge- 

 nus of 25 species. 



488. FUMARIA. L. (Fumitory.) 



Cta'ix 2 leaved. Corolla irregular; calcarate 

 lit the base. Filaments 2, each bearing S an- 

 thers. Cajysule valveless, l -celled, 1 -seeded. 



Habit similar to that of the preceding genus. 

 Species. 1. F. officinalis. Introduced.— A genus of 

 8 species, indigenous to Europe. Siberia, and Barbary. 



