DicENTRA. fumariacej:. 47 



Rhizoma scaly-bulbiferous. Leaves several, rising from the crown of the rhizoma ; divi- 

 sions of the lamina variable in width, but mostly oblong and incisely pinnatifid. Scape 8-12 

 inches high. Cymules several-flowered, with conspicuous, crowded purplish bracts. Flowers 

 pendulous, reddish purple. Exterior petals attenuated upward, with the lamina somewhat 

 spreading : wings of the inner petals projecting beyond the summit in the form of four oblong 

 lobes. Stigma 2-lobed, with two slender approximate horns between the lobes. 



Yates county, New- York {Dr. Sartwell). Flowering throughout the season. This beau- 

 tiful plant has long been a favorite in gardens, both in this country and in Europe. It is a 

 rare species, being chiefly confined to the high mountains of the southern States. Dr. Sart- 

 well is the only botanist who has found it within the limits of New-York. 



2. ADLUMIA. Raf. ; Endl. gen. 4837. CLIMBING FUMITORY. 



[Named in honor of Mr. JonN Adlcm, a distinguished cultivator of the vine.] 



Petals united into a spongy persistent monopetalous corolla, 4-lobed at the apex, bigibbous 

 at the base. Capsule pod-shaped, linear-oblong, many-seeded. Seeds roundish-lenticular, 

 with an obscure beak, shining, not strophiolate. — A biennial herb, climbing by the tendril- 

 hke petioles of its delicate biternatcly divided leaves. Flowers in supra-axillary racemose 

 cymes. 



1. Adlumia cirrhosa, Baf. Climhing Fumitory. 



Raf. in New-York mcd. repos. 2nd hex. 5. p. 350, and in Desv. journ. bot. 1809. 2. p. 

 169 ; DC. St/St. 2. p. Ill ; Darlingt. Jl. Cest. p. 399; Torr. ^ Gr. ft. N. Am. 1. p. 68. 

 Fumaria fungosa, Willd. sp. 3. p. 857. F. recta, Michx.Jl. 2. p. 51. Corydalis fungosa, 

 Vent, choix. t. 19 ; Pursh,fl. 2. p. 463 ; Bigel.fl. Bost. p. 263. 



Stem climbing over shrubs and other plants to the length of 10 - 15 feet or more, branch- 

 ing, smooth. Leaves 3-6 inches long ; the primary divisions distant ; ultimate segments 

 obovate-cuneiform, peliolulatc : petioles twining like tendrils. Cymes compound, 5 - 20- 

 flowcred ; the flowers expanding successively, pedicellate, pale-violet or nearly white. Fila- 

 ments united below into a tube, distinct above. Stigma with somewhat spreading lobes. 

 Capsule included in the marccscent corolla. Seeds 4-8. 



Shady rocks, particularly on the banks of rivers. July - September. A very neat and 

 elegant plant, easily cultivated, and frecjuently seen in gardens. It is common in the High- 

 lands, and north to Lake Champlain, but rather rare in the western part of the State. 



