30 



FUMARIACE.'E 



1. CoRYDALis. — Fniit a compressed^ 2-valved, many-seeded 

 capsule. 



2. FuMARiA. — Fruit a globose, indeliiscent, i-seeded achene. 



I. CouvoALis (Corydalis). — Herbs with much-divided glabrous 

 /c(?ir,s and bracteate racemes of small raonosymmetric /t^avr^.- 

 Zt'/rtA- connivent ; the upper one spurred; cuj_i^oUi mmiy-seeded. 



FU.MAKIA QFFIC 



s {Ci'iimwn Fitniitorr). 



(The Greek name Corydalis «as emplo)ed for this or some allied 

 plant by Galen.) 



I, C. liaviculdl.i (Climbing Cor\dalis). — Stem slender, climb- 

 ing ; leaves glaucous, pinnate, endmg in branched tendrils ; 

 flo7i<ers yellowish-white ; spur very shorit. A clambermg plant, 

 with delicate green stems and foliage, rising to the height of 

 several feet, by the help of the bushes among which it grows. 

 The only indigenous species. — Fl. June -August. Annual. 



* Two other species are naturalised in Britain ; C- bulhbsa, a 

 perennial with a tuberous rhizome, unbranched aerial stem, no 

 tendrils and purple flowers, and lutea, not uncommon on old 



