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22 THE FUMITORY FAMILY.  [Fumaria. 
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with two shallow pits at the top. Not uncommon in southern Europe, — 
and here and there over Britain and other parts of the area of the 
species, 
d. F. parviflora, Lamk. (F. Vaillanti, Loisel., F. tenuisecta, Syme). 
Leaf-segments narrow; flowers scarcely 2 lines long, white, or rarely 
red, sepals very small, sometimes quite minute; nuts with two pits at 
the top. Common in hot countries; rare in Britain. A very distinct 
form, 
II, CORYDALIS. CORYDAL. 
One of the outer petals has a pouch or spur at the base as in Fumaria, © 
but the fruit is a narrow pod, opening by two valves and containing 
several seeds, bearing near their hilum a little crest-like appendage. 
The species are rather numerous, spread over Hurope, temperate Asia, 
and northern America. The two British ones belong to the section 
Capnoides, in which the stems are branched and leafy, without tubers 
to the root. C. solida, from continental Europe, often met with in our 
flower-gardens, has occasionally remained from cultivation in groves 
and shady places in some parts of England. It is a small plant, with 
a tuberous rootstock, simple stems, and rather large purplish flowers, 
belonging to the section Bulbocapnos. . 
Stem short, erect, much branched. Flowers yellow : ; . 1. C. lutea. 
Stem long, slender, climbing. Flowers whitish . : ‘ . 2. C. claviculata. 
1. C. lutea, DC. (fig. 46). Yellow C.—An erect or spreading plant, 6 
or 8 inches high, either annual or forming a tufted stock of several years’ 
duration. Leaves delicate and pale green, much divided, the segments 
ovate or wedge-shaped, and cut into 2 or 3 lobes. Flowers in short 
racemes, pale yellow, about 6 lines long, with a short broad spur. Pod 
3 or 4 lines long. - 
In stony places, in southern Europe, but having been long cultivated 
in flower-gardens it has become naturalised on old walls and rubbish 
in northern Europe, as well as in some parts of England. Fl. summer. 
2. ©. claviculata, DC. (fig. 47). Climbing C.—An annual with 
slender intricate stems, 1 to 2 feet long, climbing by means of the leaf- 
stalks, which usually terminate in delicate tendrils. Leaf-segments 
small, ovate or oblong, and often toothed or cut. Racemes or spikes 
short and compact at the extremity of the peduncles. Flowers small 
white, with a slight yellow tinge, and a very short spur. Pod 2 or 3 
lines long. 
In hilly districts and stony situations, In western Hurope, penetrat- 
ing eastward into northern Germany, and along the Mediterranean. 
Widely distributed over Britain, most common in western and northern 
England and southern Scotland, rare in Ireland. fl. summer. 
VI. CRUCIFERA. THE CRUCIFER FAMILY. 
Herbs, or rarely undershrubs, with alternate leaves and no 
stipules ; the flowers in terminal racemes, which are generally 
very short or reduced to a corymb when the flowering com- 
