304 
Syn. Hydropeltis purpurea, Dec. prod. I. p. 112. 
Engrav. Bot, Mag. t. 1147. js 
Spec. Cuar. Aquatic herb: peduncle pubescent, thickened at 
the apex below the flower: sepals linear-oblong, pubescent at the 
back with fleshy bristles, concave: petals 4, longer than the sepals, 
rose-coloured, ‘narrow linear-oblong, incurved at the apex :. stamens 
about 12, obscurely 2-rowed, hypogynous: anthers linear: carpels | 
10, 2-rowed, sessile, linear, puberulous: ovules 2, pendulous: seed, 
large, ovoid: leaves alternate, peltate, elliptic-oblong. 
Khasia hills, flowering in July and August. 
ORDER VIII. FUMARIACEZ. 
Herbaceous plants with a watery juice: leaves usually alter 
nate, many-cleft and often furnished with a tendril: sepals 2, 
deciduous: petals 4, craciate, very irregular: stamens hypogy- 
nous, opposite the outer petals, diadelphous, very seldom sepa- 
rate: ovary l-celled: stigma with two or more points: fruit 
either a I-seeded utricle, a 2-valved, 2-seeded, indehiscent cap- 
sule, or a 2-valved, many-seeded pod: seeds with an aril: albu-« 
men fleshy. 
GENUS I. FUMARIA, 
Diadelphia Hexandria. Ser: Syst: 
Deriv. From Fumus, smoke, alluding to the peculiar odour of 
the plants. 
Gen. Cuar. Smooth, branched herbs: flowers racemose: pe= 
duncles terminal or leaf-opposed: lower petal distinct, linear, the 
three upper united, the middle one spurred downwards: fruit glo~ 
bose, 1-seeded. 
(1) F. parnvirtora. (Lam.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 18.—Dec. prod. I. p. 130.— 
fl. Ind. IIL. p. 217. 7 Sia 
Syn. F. Vaillantii, Loisel. Dec. Syst. II. 137. 
Engrav. Wight’s Ill. I, t. 11_—Engl. Bot. IX. t. 590, 
