Fumaria.] ■ DIADELPHIA — HEXAN'DRIA. 265 



persistent. — Flowers capitate. Leaves ternate. — Named in allu- 

 sion to its 3 leaves or leaflets. 



21. Lotus. Legume cylindrical, somewhat spongy within, 

 and imperfectly many-celled, i^ee^acnminated. — Name, — sup- 

 posed to be one of the three kinds (the herbaceous) of the Awro;, 

 of the Greeks. 



22. Medicago. Legume falcate or spirally twisted Name 



— the ij.ihr/.ri of the Greeks, so called because it was introduced 

 into Greece by the Medes. 



DIADELPHIA— HEXANDRIA. 



1. CoRYDALis. De Cand. Corydalis. 



1. C.*s6h'da, (solid-rooted Corydalis); stem simple erect with 

 a scale beneath the lower leaf, leaves 3 — 4 biternate their leaf- 

 lets cuneate or oblong and as well as the bracteas cut, root 

 solid. E. Bot. t. 1471. — Corydalis btdbosa, DC. — Fumaria Hal- 

 leri, Willd. 



Groves and thickets : at Kendal, (an old garden). Wickham, Hamp- 

 shire ; and near Birmingham. Ft. April, May. If.. — Flowers large, 

 purplish ; leaves glaucous. 



2. C*lutea, Lindl. (yellow Corydalis); stem angular erect, 

 leaves bipinnate, leaflets broadly cuneate cut or trifid, bracteas 

 minute, pods nearly cylindrical shorter than the pedicels. — Fu- 

 maria lutea, Linn. Mant. — E. Bot. t. 588. E. FL v. iii.^j. 253. 

 — Corydalis capnoides, j3. lutea, DC. 



On old walls. Near Castleton, Derbyshire ; Fountain's Abbev, 

 Yorkshire. Fl. May. 11. — Flowers yellow. 



3. C. claviciddta, DC. (tvhite climbing Corydalis) ; stem much 

 branched climbing, leaves pinnate, pinnce stalked ternate or pe- 

 date, leaflets elliptical entire, petioles ending in tendrils, pedicels 

 A'ery short scarcely so long as the minute bracteas. — Fumaria, 

 L.—E. Bot. t. 103. 



Bushy and shady places, in gravelly or stony soil. In Scotland, most 

 abundant on walls and roofs of houses, especially in the Highlands, Fl. 

 June, July. 0. — Stems long, very slender. Wliole plant extremely de- 

 licate. Flowers small, pale yellow, almost white. 



2. FuMAKiA. Limi. Fumitory. 



] . F. capreoldtn, L. (ramping Fumitory); calycine leaves broad- 

 ly oval scarcely acute toothed at the base entire above twice as 

 long as the globose fruit, bracteas a little shorter (about ^) than 

 the fruit-bearing pedicel. Am. — E. Bot. t. 943. 



Corn-fields and gardens, frequent. Fl. May — Aug. © . — A very vari- 

 able plant. Stems generally climbing, sometimes only diffuse. Leaves 

 bipinnate. ie«/?e/5 usually very broad; rarely, as about Edinburgh, 

 narrow. On the continent, the fructiferous pedicels are mostly recurv- 

 ed, and occasionally so in the south of England; but in Scotland and 

 Wales they are seldom more than patent. Best distinguished by its 



