FUMITORY FAMILY 



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not uncommon in waste places and \illage hedgerows. Leaves 

 glaucous, iuiparipinnate and obtusely lobed ; Jhnvcrs in umbellate 



clusters, 



capsule 



long.— Fl. May^ 



August, 01, as I'liny tells us, from the time of the arrival of the 

 swallows until their departure. l^erennial. The abundant 

 orange-yellow juice is a violent acrid poison, but is a popular 

 remed}' for warts, and is said to have been "used successfully in 

 Ophtlialmia. 



* l~he Lesser Celanduie, Kaiii'niailiis Ficdria (see p. 13), bears 

 little resemblance either in appearance or properties to this species. 



coRVDAT IS rT..\\icrLAT.-\ {CUnd'i7ig CorydalisX 



Ord. V. — Fu.MARiACE.t.— The Fumitory Famifv 



Herbaceous plants with watery juice. Leaves divided ; flmvers 

 in bracteate racemes, monosymmetric ; sepals 2, small, 

 deciduous ; petals 4, usuallv in dissimilar pairs, the outer ones 

 large-r, and one or both swollen or spurred at the base, the inner 

 ones partly coherent ; stamens reallv 4, but apparently 6, 

 diadelphous, each set consistmg of one whole and two half 

 (dimidiate) stamens ; carpels 2 ; ovary i-chambered; seeds crested. 



