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Order IX. FUMARIACE^flE:. 



Annual or perennial herbs ; jtdce wateiy. Leava nsuaUy diyidei seg- 

 ments not jointed. Flowers smafl, racemed, irregular, hermaphrodite. Sepah 

 2, small, scale-like, deciduous. Fetcds 4, in usually very dissimilar pairs; 

 2 outer larger, one or both gibbous or spurred ; 2 inner smaller, erect, tips 

 often coherent. Stamens 6, in 2 bundles (4, free in Hypecowm), opposite 

 the outer petals ; anther of central stamen in each bundle 2-ceUed, of lateral 

 l-ceUed. Ovwry l-celled ; style long or short, stigma obtuse or lobed ; 

 ovules 2 or more, amphitropous, parietal Fruit a 2-valved, many-seeded 

 capsule, or an indehiscent 1- seeded nut. Seeds albuminous, raphe some- 

 times appendaged ; embryo minute. — Distkib. Genera 7; species about 

 100, natives of the temp, and warm regions of the N. hemisphere. 



Stamens 4, free 1- Hypeooiim. 



Stamens 6, diadelphous. 



Outer petals both spurred ; capsule many-seeded 2. Dicentra. 



Oxie outer petal spurred ; capsule many-seeded 3. Cobydaus. 



One outer petal spurred ; fruit indehiscent, nut 1-seeded ... 4. Fumaeia. 



1. HYFECOVM, Toumefort. 



Low annual glaucous herbs. Leaves pinnatiseat. Flowers yellow white 

 or purplish. Sepals 2, small. Petals 4, spreading, 2 outer flat or slightly 

 concave, obovate, obtuse or obtusely 3-toothed ; 2 inner 3-lobed, midlobe 

 concave. Sta-mens 4, free, opposite the petals, with sometimes a stalked 

 gland at the base of each ; anthers 2-celled. Ovary l-celled, septate within : 

 stgrle short, stigmas 2, glandulg,r at th« tips ; ovules many, on 2 parietal 

 placentas. Capsule slender, transversely septate within, breaking up into 

 joints or longitudinally 2-valved. &ecfo compressed. — Disteib. Species 4r-6; 

 natives of the Mediterranean region and temperate Asia. 



.l._K. procum'bens, Linn.; leaves 2-3-pinnatisect, flowers yeEow, 

 cater petals 3-lobed, midlobe of inner toothed or fimbriate. H. f. <h T. 

 Fl. Ind, 275. 



Drier parts of the Ponjadb, Peshawur, Vicary; Mooltan, Mdgeworth; Salt Range, 

 Fleming, &c. — Disteib. W. Asia, Mediterranean region. 



Stems many, procumbent, 3-12 in., slender. Leaves 2-4 in., segments linear or oblong, 

 cut; upper sessile, whorled. Flowers few, ^ in. diam., pedicelled. Inner petals with 

 the lateral segments linear-oblong, obtuse, midlobe entire retuse or 2-fid. Fruit 1J-2J 

 in,, ^ in. broad, curved, subcompvessed, at length breaking up into 1-seeded joints. 



2. K. leptocarpum, H. f. dc T. Fl. Ind. 276; leaves 2-pinnatisect, 

 flowers pale purple, outer petals obtuse, midlobe of inner oblong cucuUate. 



Sandy soil in West Tibet, alt. 9-12,000 ft., T. T.: interior of the Sikkim Himalaya, 

 alt. 12-14,000 ft., S^,/. 



Stemf many, procumbent, 6-12 in., much branched. Leaves many, 2-4 in., pinme 

 \ in., distant ; pinnules oblong, sharply cut ; uppermost linear, whorled. Flowers J-J in. 

 diam., pedicels slender. Inner petals \oh&d^ almoBt to the middle. Fruity in., veiy 

 Blendef, breaking u^ iflto 1-seeded joints. 



2. DICEXTTRA, Eorkhaus. 



Glabrous, perennial rooted, climbing, slender herbs. Leaves decompound, 

 petiole ending in a branched tendril. Flowers yelloworpurple,in leaf -opposed 



