286 DIADELPHIA HEXANDK1A. [CL. XVII. 



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



one seed, seldom more, deciduous, not bursting. 



18. LO'TUS. Legume cylindrical, straight, spongy within. Wings 

 cohering at their upper edges. Filaments dilated upwards. 



DIADELPHIA.-HEXANDKIA. 



1. FUMA'BIA. FUMITORY. 



Calyx inferior, of two opposite, erect, acute, small, membra- 

 nous, deciduous leaves. Corolla oblong, tubular, gaping yith a 

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

 united ; upper lip flat, blunt, notched, reflected, its base promi- 

 nent, 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 then- 

 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 com- 

 pressed, 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, ojficindlis. Common Fumitory. Cluster rather loose ; stem 

 branched, spreading ; leaves twice pinnate, with their segments 

 lance-shaped. Stem from three to six inches high : clusters op- 

 posite 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. _Bo. vol. 

 ix. pi. 589. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 255. 1020. 



2. F. parviflbra. Small- flowered Fumitory. Cluster loose ; stem 

 spreading ; 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: grows in fields : 

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



3. F. capreoldta. Ramping 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 resembling the common fumitory. Annual : flowers in 

 summer and autumn : grows in cultivated fields : common. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 943. Eng. Fl. 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 in- 

 digenous: rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxi. pi. 1471. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 253. 



1023. 



5. F, lutea. Yellow Fumitory. Pods nearly cylindrical, shorter 

 than their stalks ; stem erect, angular; bracteas minute; spur short, 



