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2. FUMA'KIA Linn. Fumitory. 



* Capreolata. Lower pet. narrowing gradually and slightly from 

 its middle upwards. Fr. not retuse. St. erect, climbing 

 or diffuse. Fr. subcompressed, smooth. Raceme lax, 

 short, few-flowered. Sep. as broad as cor.-tube. L. flat. 



1 . F. capreoldta (L.) ; sep. ovate toothed [peltate] at least J 

 as long as the cor. ? fr. blunt its neck short and narrow, fr.-st. 

 patent or reflexed. Sep. soon falling. Cor. large. Fr. not 

 regularly rounded vertically but squarish ; apical pits small and 

 deep. a. speciosa (Jord.); fr. longer than broad, its neck 

 narrower than the tip of ped., fr.-st. recurved. Cor. cream- 

 coloured, tipped with red or pink. Sy. E. B. 71. /3. F. Borcei 

 I Jord.) * ; fr. broader than long, its neck very narrow, fr.-st. 

 patent, sep. large oval. Cor. purplish, tipped with dark purple. 

 Sy. E. B. 72. Curt. ii. 145. Borders of fields. A. VI. IX. 



E. L 



2. F. confiisa (Jord.) ; sep. ovate toothed [attached at or very 

 near the base] not ^ as long as cor., fr. rounded at the top its neck 

 very broad, fr.-st. "patent E. B. S. 2976. &/. E. B. 73. Sep. 

 often persistent. Cor. large, dull white or pinkish, tipped with 

 dark purple. Fr. regularly rounded vertically ; apical pits 

 broad and shallow ; neck nearly as broad as the fruit. Borders 

 of fields, chiefly in the West. A. VI. IX. E. S. I. 



3. F. murdlis (Sond.) ; sep. ovate toothed [peltate] not \ as 

 longias the cor., fr. obovate rounded at the top its neck obconic 

 narrow, fr.-st. erect-patent. Sy. E. B. 74. Fl. Dan. 2473. 

 More lax than Sp. 1 and 2, cor. smaller and nearly black at the 

 tip. Fr. uniformly rounded at the sides and top, nearly pyri- 

 form if taken with its neck ; apical pits very faint. Borders of 

 fields. A. VI. IX. E. S. L 



** Officinahs. Lower petal spathulate. 



4. F. officindlis (L.) ; sep. ovate-lanceolate acute toothed nar- 

 rower than the cor.-tube, fr. obovate retuse, bracts much shorter 

 than the fruitstalks, Its. flat. Curt. i. 14. St. erect or diffuse. 

 Raceme long, many-flowered. Sep. broader than the pedicel, 

 about the length of the corolla. Pet. rose-coloured. Fr. 

 rugose, broader than long. Common. A. V. IX. E.S.I. 



1 Most authors agree in separating F. ~Borosi as a species. It seems 

 to us more nearly allied to F. muralis and F. confusa than to 

 F. capreolata. H. & J . G. 



