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dkr CLVIII. FUMAR1 \( I .!. I 



Fnmariaesa, DC Sytt. 2.106. a821); Prodr. 1. 126. (1824 / 



DIAGNOSIS. I 



Herbaceous plants, with brittle -!• ma and a watery juice. I. 

 multifid, often with tendrils. Flowers purple, white, or yellow. Sepals 



1 3 2 



CC( IV. 



Petals 1, cruciate, verj irregular. Stamens 4, distinct, hypugynous, or 6, in 2 



opposite the outer petals, verj seldom all separate ; anthers membranous, 



each parcel l-celled, the middle one 2-celled. « >\ :n\ free, 1 celled; ovules I 



Mnphitropal ; style filiform ; Btigma with two or more points. Fruit 



ind< hisceni 1- or2-seeded out, or a 2-valved or succulent ind< hisc< nl i - Ij 



& i ds horizontal, Bhining, crested Albumen fleshy. Embryo min 



in the indehiscent Bruit straight : in those which dehis whal cum 



.\n\ one who compares Fumariawith Epimedium, or Vceranthus witli H> 

 will see their verj near resemblance, and thus will be led i" admit, 

 seems inadmissible, the aflinitj of Fumeworte and Berberids. Di Candoll< 

 iliat •• Fumeworte are very mar Poppies, on account ■ >! their t" 

 calj \. ..t tin- structure ol the fruit of those specii - in which it -; fleshy 



albumen ; Inn they differ, firstly, in their juice being watery, instead of m 

 in their petals being usually irregular, and in adhering i" each othi r ; thirdly, in 



i ' it CIV.— Fumaria officinalis 1. ■•> flower seen ir. :. 

 pistil, stamens, and a portion of the bagged up] 

 the two at the sides should In- half autl« r^ ; .. the fruit. 





