DIADELPHIA— HEXANDRIA. Fumaria. 255 



Capnos alba latifolia. Lob. Obs. 438./. Ic. 738. f. Dulech. Hist 



1295./. 

 Corydalis claviculata. DeCand. S?jst. v. 2. 1 28. Grev. Edin. 1 53. 



In bushy, shady, rather hilly situations, on a gravelly, stony, or 

 sandy soil. 



Annual. June, July. 



Root slender. Stems one or more, delicate and tender, flattened 

 on one side, branched, leafy, from 1 to 3 or 4 feet high, climbing 

 upon other plants, by means of branched tendrils terminating 

 their footstalks. LeOTes pinnate ; then pedate orternatej leaf- 

 lets elliptical, entire, glaucous ; paler beneath. Clusters oppo- 

 site to each leaf, stalked, rather dense, of several elegant white 

 flowers, variegated with blue or grey, each on a short partial 

 stalk, scarcely so long as its accompanying small bracfea. Cal. 

 toothed. Spur rounded, very short. Pod lanceolate, acute, 

 undulated at each side, containing 3 or 4 seeds. 



** Pod single-seeded. Nectary siiigle. Fumaria. DeCand. 

 4. F. officinalis. Common Fumitory. 



Cluster rather lax. Pods single-seeded, globose, abrupt, 

 on upright stalks, twice as long as the bracteas. Stem 

 spreading. Segments of the leaflets lanceolate. 



F. oflicinalis. Linn. Sp. PI. 984. Willd. v. 3. 867. Fl. Br. 750. 



Engl. Bot. V. 9. t. 589. Curt. Lond.fasc. 2. t. 52. Mart. Rust. 



t. 68. Woodv. t. 88. Mill. 7c. 91. t. 136. f. 2; bad. Hook. 



Scot. 2\0. DeCand. Syst. v. 2. 134. Fl. Dan. t. 940. Dreves 



Bilderb. t. 16. Bull. Fr. t. 189. 

 F. n. 346. Hall. Hist. v.l.lA^i. 



F. vulgaris. Raii Syn. 204. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. p. ] . 201./. 

 F. purpurea. Ger. Em. 1088./. 

 Fumaria. Trag. Hist. UQ.f. Fuchs. Hist. 338. f. Matth.Valgr. 



501./. Camer.Epit. 890. f. Dalech.Hist.\292.f. Riv.Tetrap. 



Irr. t. 1 . 

 Fumus terrse. Brunf. Herb. v. 1. 99./. 

 Capnos. Lob. Obs. 437. f. Ic.7o7.f. 



In cultivated ground, and about hedges, common. 



Annual, May — August. 



Root tapering. Herb glaucous. Stem much branched, spreading, 

 often recumbent, leafy, angular, various in luxuriance. Leaves 

 mostly alternate, twice or thrice pinnate ; leaflets wedge-shaped, 

 with flat Ifxnceolate segments. Clusters opposite to the leaves, 

 stalked, erect, many-flowered, rather lax. Bracteas lanceolate, 

 acute, not half the length of the flower-stalks, especially when 

 in fruit. Fl. rose-coloured, or pale red, deep red at the summit, 

 with a green keel to the upper and under petals. Spur very 

 short, rounded. Cal. coloured, toothed, deciduous. Pod glo- 

 bose, a little compressed, abrupt or notched at tlie extrernity. 



