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22 | THE FUMITORY FAMILY. [ Fumaria. 
c. F. micrantha, Lag. (F. densiflora, DC.). lLeaf-segments usually 
small ; flowers smaller, and in closer racemes than in the common variety, 
the sepals remarkably large in proportion to the corolla ; nuts with two 
shallow pits at the top. Not uncommon in southern Europe, and 
scattered here and there over Britain and other parts of the area of the 
species. , 
d. F. parviflora, Lamk. (Ff. Vailantii, 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. 
Very common in hot countries ; rare in Britain. 
Il, CORYDALIS. CORYDAL. 
One of the outer petals has a pouch or spur at the base asin Humaria, 
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 Europe, 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 asmall 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. OC. claviculata, 
1. C. lutea, DC. (fig. 46). Yellow Corydal.—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 seg- 
ments ovate or wedge-shaped, and cut into two or three 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 naturalized on old walls and rubbish in 
northern Europe, as well as in some parts of England. 7. summer. 
2. ©. eclaviculata, DC. (fig. 47). Climbing Corydal.—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 Europe, penetrating 
eastward into northern Germany, and here and there along the Mediter- 
ranean. Widely distributed over Britain, but not common, except in some 
parts of western and northern England, and southern Scotland, rare in 
Ireland. Fl. summer. 
VI. CRUCIFERZA. THE CRUCIFER FAMILY. 
Herbs, or rarely undershrubs, with alternate leaves and no 
stipules; the flowers in terminal racemes, which are generally 
