rolM'LAK M.OHA. 



127 



|y. 



E. 



9. FUMITORY FAMILY, onl.-r Ft'M.\i:r Arii.E. 



Tender hcil)-! witli .1 columlff"-? juice, eoiiijxnuiil altertiiite lnivf«, ainl irremiliir floweri 

 with only 2 sniull scult'-like Kepal-', u HiittL-iuMl atnl closnl coridla, of 4 jitMals morn or let's 

 grown to^'elher, the twuoutsiile ones larger with small spifinliii;,' tips, tlu; uvo inner mm. ill 



antl \\\i\\ M|K)<))i-sha|M <1 tip-t stjrk- 

 iity tnj^t'tlier face to face over tlwr 

 anthers and stii^Miia: htamens om 

 the receptacle, 6 in two set-* or 

 iMIMiiles, one liefore ejicll of tli« 

 lar:4er petals, or all joined in omj 

 tube below. The middle anther 

 of eiich Het is 2-ctdled ; the 8i«le 

 ones only i-ctdled. Pistil i, in 

 the manner of the Poppy family, 

 pod l-C(dled. iJitterish, harnj- 

 less ])lants, with sin^^nlarly shapitd 

 llowers, some of them hand>ome, 

 W(! have four genera, two of thenj 

 of only one species each. 



282. BuU),an(l,2M. IrafaiiilflDWorsof piiriitraNo. 1. •JK4. KiM»cr, natural size. 285, SHti. Same, takoii to plecos. 287. Diaunim 

 cf the llowor ofu Curyilal. "Sx. Oiio uf tlif sets nf staiMcn.s unitril. 



Flowor liciirt-shaped, or with a simr on eacli side at tlic base. 



Petals all peinianeiitly united into a slightly lioart-sliaped (pale flesh-coloured) 

 corolla, which dries witliout fallinj^ ami encloses the 4.8eedL'(l po<l. A 

 delicate vine climbing Viy the tendril-like divisions of its thrice-jiinnate 

 leaves, {Adlumin) Smokk-Vinb. 



Petals less united, readily separated. Pod several-seeded, (bicintra) Dic'KNT«a. 



Flower with a projection or spur at the base on one side only. 



Ovary slender, forming a several-seeded pod, ( (7o}'>?f /a/is) CoKY DAL. 



Ovary and fruit, round, fimall, i-seeded, not opening, (Fumuria) FuMlTOKT. 



