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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
The feed, which is naturally fingle, and has its outer fkin loofe, in fome fpecies, has that membrane 
{welled into a kind of capfule ; and in fome others there is no cup to the flower. 
The analogy of 
parts in general fhew thefe however to be true {pecies of fumitory, and all authors have perceived 
it: therefore it is proper to keep them under the fame generical name. ; : 
Dele VaileSelo ON ale 
1. Common Fumitory. 
Fumaria vulgaris. 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
The ftalk is weak, of a pale green, fcarce up- 
right, divided into many branches, and a foot 
high. 
The leaves are large, and of a faint green: 
they are divided into innumerable fmall parts, 
placed on a branched rib; and they are of a flen- 
der fubftance. 
The flowers ftand in fpikes at the tops of the 
ftalks and branches; and they are of a mixed 
red, partly flefh-colour, and partly purple. 
The feed is large and brown. 
It is common in our corn-fields, and in all 
other cultivated ground. It flowers in June. 
C. Baubine calls it Pumaria officinarum et Diofco- 
ridis, Others, Fumaria vulgaris. 
2. Great Ramping Fumitory. 
Lumaria major. 
The root is long, thick, white, and furnifhed 
with a few ftrageling fibres of the fame colour. 
The ftalks are weak, and of a pale green, 
branched; and, when they can fupport them- 
felves among buthes, two feet high. 
The leaves are large, and of a whitifh green: 
they are divided into numerous parts, or com- 
pofed of many fegments, as in the other; but 
thefe are broader. 
The flowers fand in long, loofe fpikes at the 
tops of the ftalks, and on footftalks rifing from 
the bofoms of the leaves: they are large, and 
of a pale red. 
The feeds are mall and brown. 
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Hollow-rooted Fumitory. 
Fumaria radice cava. 
The root is large, roundifh, and hollow ; and 
it is furnifhed with abundance of fibres. 
The ftalk is weak, of a whitifh green, and 
about a foot high, but indifferently ereé&t, and 
divided into many branches. 
The leaves are large, and compofed of nume- 
rous oblong indented fegments: they are fupported 
on feparate footftalks ; and they are of a pale 
bluifh green. 
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B Rel el SH sob Col Bas: 
It is common in hedges at the fides of plowed 
lands, and flowers in Auguft. . 
Ray calls it Fumaria major feandens flore palli= 
diore. 
3. Broad-leaved climbing Fumitory. 
Fumaria latifolia claviculata. 
This is a fpecies fo extremely different from 
the other in its form, that Mr. Ray has placed it 
in another clafs; but it is properly and truly a ; 
kind of fumitory. 
The root is fmall, divided into feveral parts, 
and furnifhed with numerous fibres. 
The ftalk is round, weak, of a pale green, and 
very much branched: it is a foot high, but very 
weak, and unable to fupport/itfelf upright, ex- 
cept by climbing ;. for which purpofe Nature hag 
given it many tendrils at the ends of the branches. 
The leaves are broad and fharp-pointed : they 
grow in {mall clufters, and their colour is a bluith 
green. 
The flowers fland three or four together in little 
heads on footftalks rifing from the bofoms of the 
leaves: they are fmall and white, with a faint 
tinge of purple. 
The feeds are fmall and brown, 
It is common under hedges in our northern 
counties, but it is more fcarce elfewhere. Tce 
flowers in Auguft. 
C, Bauhine calls it Fumaria claviculis donata. 
Others, Fumaria alba latifolia claviculata. 
The common fumitory is good againt {corbutick 
diforders.. The juice may be taken in dofes of 
four fpoonfuls; and it will operate gently by 
{tool at firft, but only asa deobftruent and fweet- 
ener of ‘the blood afterwards.. Some fmoak the 
dried leaves in the manner of tobacco for difor- 
ders of the head, with fuccefs. : 
RE GoN oS Reba Ets; 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in 
fpikes, and they are of a pale red. 
It is a native of the warmer parts of Europe, 
and flowers in May. ° 
C. Bauhine calls it Fumaria bulbofa. Others, 
Fumaria radice cava, and Radix cava major flore 
purpureo. 
Its virtues are the fame with thofe of the com- 
mon fumitory ; and, where it grows wild, it is ufed 
to the fame purpofe. 
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