26 FUMARiACE,E. [Fumaria. 



filaments bright yellow somewhat compressed, slightly dilated upwards, sud- 

 denly contracted at top into a short point or pedicel bearing the anther ; anthers 

 pale yellow, broadly elliptical, much compressed, of 2 nanow somewhat curved 

 lobes bursting along their thin margins, and approximate by a lamina-like con- 

 nectiviim. Style short, thick ; stigma of 2 short, decurrent, pale lobes, glandu- 

 loso-pilose, grooved. Germen about the length of the stamens, green, elongate- 

 elliptical, flattened. Pods (follicles) about 1^ inch long, crooked linear, greenish 

 or yellowish brown, glabrous and beaded from the seeds within, of 2 flexible valves 

 opening longitudinally from the base to the point. Seeds numerous, oval, nearly 

 black, polished, beautifully reticulato-striate, attached to a filiform receptacle 

 along the commissures by a large, white, carunculate appendage. 



From every part of the herb when broken exudes a gamboge-coloured juice 

 with the flavour of opium, the stain of which is not easily got rid of by washing. 

 The expressed juice or a decoction of the plant is in vogue with the country peo- 

 ple of the island as a remedy for infantine jaundice (Mr. iJ. Loe), and in Ame- 

 rica is a popular application to warts, tetters, &c. {Darlington). 



Order V. FUMARIACE^, DC. 



" Sepals 2, deciduous. Petals 4, more or less united, one or 

 two of them gibbous or spurred at the base. Stamens 6, in two 

 bundles. Ovary 1, with two opposite parietal placentas. Style 

 filiform. Stigma lobed. Fruit dry, indehisceiit, with one or two 

 seeds ; or a p)od with two valves and many seeds. Seeds glossy, 

 with a fleshy albumen and embryo at the base." — Br. Fl. 



" Herbs of temperate climates with brittle stems and watery j uice, slightly bit- 

 ter_and diaphoretic." — Br. Fl. 



I. FuMAEiA, Linn. Fumitory. 



Petals 4, one of them gibbous or spurred at the base. Ovary 

 4 - ovuled. Fruit indehiscent, 1 - seeded, the style deciduous. 

 Seeds without a crest. 



1. F. capreolata, L. Rampant Fumitory. " Sepals broadly 

 oval scarcely acute toothed at the base entire above as broad as 

 the tube of the corolla and often half its length, fruit globose 

 obtuse, leaflets flat."— ^r. Fl. p. 19. E. B. t. 943. 



In waste ground, gardens and cultivated fields, on hedgebanks and about 

 fences, not uncommon, i^i May — November. 0. 



E. Med. — On the shingly beach a little west of Ryde, in some abundance. 

 On the Dovor. Very common at Shanklin and Ventnor, as in a fence by the road 

 opposite St. Boniface cottage, and by the ' Crab and Lobster,' &c. In and about 

 the garden of the Shanklin hotel. Entrance to Apse heath, in plenty, B. T. W. 



W. Med. — Field near Gurnet bay, abundantly. Miss G. Kilderbee. 



Herb of a. tender, pale, more or less glaucous green, quite smooth. Root 

 yellowish, tough. Stems numerous, much branched, angular, furrowed, brittle 

 and pellucid, various in length, in open places diffuse or procumbent, a foot or 

 two in length, amongst bushes rampant and much longer, often 3 or 4 feet. 

 Leaves alternate, bi-tripinnate, on long triquetrous petioles, by the aid of which, 

 being destitute of cirrhi or tendrils, the plant supports itself amongst bushes, &g. 

 Leaflets stalked, broad, roundish wedge-shaped, trifid, their segments unequally 

 bi-trilobate, more rarely entire, ovate, bluntish, with a minute deflexed point, glau- 

 cous beneath. Racemes erect, many-flowered, opposite to and about as long as 



