CLASS XVII. ORDER I. | FUMARIA. 951 
3. C. Clavicula'ta, De Cand. (Fig. 1102.) White climbing Cory- 
dalis. Root simple ; stem slender, much branched, climbing; leaves 
pinnate ; leaflets entire, ovate, acute, ternate or pedate, on a slender 
footstalk, the common footstalk terminating in a branched tendril ; 
bracteas oblong, acuminate, longer than the very short pedicles. 
Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 265.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 
19.—Fumaria elaviculata, Linn.—English ION t. 103. Te ancuon 
Flora, vol. iii. p. 253. 
fioot slender, simple. Stems mostly several, slender, angular, 
Peemehed: from one to about three feet long, brittle, mostly of a 
pinkish colour, climbing by attaching itself to other plants by its 
branched tendrils terminating the common leaf stalks. Leaves 
pinnate, alternate, the pinne several, the footstalks slender, spread- 
ing, the leaflets entire, ovate obtuse, or ovate acute, ternate or 
pedate, a glaucous green, paler beneath. Inflorescence erect_or 
spreading racemes, opposite to the leaves, the flower stalk about an 
inch and half long, terminated with about ten elegant delicate white 
flowers, variegated with blue or grey, each. on a very short pedicle, 
the bractea oblong, acuminate, entire, or toothed, longer than the 
pedicles. Calya small, toothed. Corolla with the upper lip reflexed, 
the base elongated into a short obtuse spur. Fruit ovate, acute, or 
lanceolate, smooth pods, containing from two to four roundish ovate 
compressed black polished seeds. . 
Habitat—Bushy and shady places, in a light soil, and amongst 
stones. 
Annual; flowering in June and July. 
The delicate flowers of this species are mostly white, the tips of the 
petals generally variegated with blue; sometimes they are a pale 
yellow, and occasionally pale yellowish green. It is a delicate and 
very pretty plant, and often a great ornament to the roofs of houses and 
old walls and ruins in the Highlands of Scotland. 
GENUS II FUMA'RIA.—Liny. Fumitory. 
Nat. Ord. Fumaria'ceEx. Dr Cann. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx of two pieces. Petals four, one of them spurred 
or gibbous at the base. Siliqua indehiscent, one seeded, nut 
like. Style deciduous.—Name from fumus, smoke, by the old 
herbalists, as they said the acrid juice of the plants made the 
eyes weep as smoke does. 
1. F. capreola'ta, Linn. (Fig. 1103.) Ramping Fumitory. Calyx 
sepals broadly ovate, toothed at the base, half as long as the corolla ; 
fruit roundish, obtuse ; racemes lax, its pedicles spreading, or reflexed 
in fruit; bracteas linear, about one-third shorter than the fruit- 
bearing pedicles; leaflets with ovate or oblong segments, 
