THE FUMITORY FAMILY. 



11 No plot so narrow be, but Nature there, 

 No waste so vacant but may well employ. 

 Each faculty of sense, and keep the heart 

 Awake to love and beauty." COLERIDGE. 



This order contains but two Genera; and the 

 Flowers are so different in form, from any others in 

 this Sub-class, and so similar to many in the next 

 Division, that it is only by careful examination we 

 discover that " the Petals and Stamens are inserted 

 upon the Receptacle" (Hypoginous) and not upon 

 the Calyx) therefore they must be placed in this 

 Division : but must stand in an Order by themselves. 



Two of the FUMITORIES (Fumaria) are so common 

 in Cornfields, Gardens and waste places ; that a short 

 description will enable you to recognize them. The 

 Flowers are very like those of the Purple Clover; but, 

 arranged singly, on Pedicils, in a Raceme, PI. II. 11. 

 The Stalks, and finely-cut leaves, are of a very blue 

 green, and brittle. 



The YELLOW CORYDALIS, is oftener seen in gar- 

 dens, than wild: and as in its wild state it is only 



