222 ORDER XII. — fumapjaci :.!•:. 



1. 1>. kokmo'sa, (I). C.) leave* ?, — S, or one rising from the crown 

 of the rhizoma. Spur short, obtuse, somewhat incurved; v.:ie_:> of the 

 inner petals projecting beyond the summit. Stigma 2-horned at the 

 apex.— Reddish-purple, if. Mountains (if Vir. and K C. 8 — 12 



inches. ( I'. & G.) 



(.'r.M.s II'.— ADLU'MIA. Raf. 16— 5. (Climbing Colic-weed.) 

 (In honor of Major Allium.) 



Petals united into a spongy, persistent, monopetaloua corolla, 

 bigibbous at the base, 4-lobed at the apex. Capsule pod- 

 Bhaped, linear-oblong, many-seeded. Flowers in racemose 

 cymes. Plant climbing, herbaceous. 



1. A. cibrho'sa, (Kaf.) Stem branching, climbing by cirrhose tendrils. 

 Leaves bitemately divided. Segments obovate. Flowers numerous, 



Stamens monadelphous. — Pale violet or white. S. June. Canada to 

 N. C. 



Gbkus III.— CORYDA'LIS. D. C. 1G— 5. 



(From the Greek corudalis, the name of the plant.) 



Only one of the petals spurred. Capsule 2-valved, many or 

 f< w Beeded, compressed. Style persistent. Racemes terminal 

 or opposite the leaves, simple. 



1. C. au'rea, (Wild.) Stem branching. Leaves bipinnate, or vari- 

 ously dissected; lobes oblong, linear, glaucous, alternate. Spur straight, 

 obtuse. Flowers in terminal, Bupra-axillary racemes, or opposite the 



leaves. Pedicels bracteolate, with bracts sometimes exti nding beyond 

 the flower. — Yellow, a. April to August. Middle Geo. 



Genus IV.— FTJMA'RIA. L. 16—5. {Fumitory.) 

 (From the Latin fumns, smoke.) 



One petal only gibbous or spurred. Fruit a 1-seeded nut, 

 indehiscent. 



1. ; lis, (L.) Root annual, fusiform. Stem branching, gla- 



br >ua Leaves variously dissected, glabrous, and slightly glaucous. Sep 

 merits many-cleft. Flowers in small, dense racemes. Sepals toothed. 

 Petai wcr one free; the three upper united at the base, 



bearing a spur. Stigma bilamelJate. — Purple. $. April. Natural- 



The i mo striking peculiarities. The general forna 



of the il rwer ?embling more the worki of art than of nature. The obar- 



tic of having tlit> different eel led anthers Bome unilocular and othi 



Is a striking variation. Torrey & Gray remark, that "the ■• mens of each 



; having nnilocalar anthers, may be considered as half stamens, formed by the 



division of the two Btamens which correspond to the inner petals; the true number 



this view, being i— -one to each petal.'" The situation of 



■nt in the Indurated summit <*f the petals, in which they remain 



• : i ill after fertilization, would Beetn ;<> preolude the possibility of the 



; ag in contact with the stu ;•: herself to these circumsl 



• iced two born-like appendages to the stigma, which extend under the 



• re contraction of i la conveyed to the 



■ c surface without anj eh inge In p «itii •■< ol t'i> <"_-.in^. The different genera 



d the b'umarlo has been nsed in 

 ie, particular!] and in cutaneous eruptions. 



