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" 2. Fumaria major fcandens flore pallidiore^ R.204» ]*• 
The greater Ramping Fumitory, with paler leaves, iro 
3. Fumaria alba latifolia^ R, 335, P.288, G. E. A 
1088. Climbing Fumitory. It flowers about the .iv 
end of May, By the fide of a ditch, near Kendal 1 /' 
caftle, JVeJimor eland f. The leaves are compofed . b 
of 'five or fix entire lobes, growing to a middle-rib, 
that runs out into a very fmall tendril. tr 
Fumitory is reckoned to be a great cleanfer of the blood, b 
and good for all forts of cutaneous diftempers, as fcabs, itch, }{, 
and leprous diforders ; and for that purpole, it is given, with y 
whey, in the fpring, to purge and purify the blood, to help the 1 ■ 
fcurvy, jaundice, and atfedions of the fpleen. 
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Vasculiferous VtA.^rs,^with pjtta^etalous ^ 
flowers. Synop. 2* " 
H E plants of this clafs are divided into two 
~ J[ kinds-, 17?, Such as bear their leaves oppo- / 
lite in pairs 2 7 , Such as bear their leaves alternate- - 
ly : And thefe are again fubdivided, Into fuch as ^ 
have regular -flowers ; id. Such as have irregular 0 
flowers. • j 
I. Such as hear their leaves oppofite in pairs.- 
Caryophyllus. The leaves are oblong, grow ' 
by pairs, and are joined to the ftalk without pe- /: 
dicles : It has a cylindrical membranous empale- 
ment, fcaly at the bottom ; from whence rife up 
five petals, narrow from their origins to the brim f 
of the empalement, and broad from thence i]i 
to the ends : They open circularly, andinclofe |* 
five chives: The fruit is cylindrical, gapes at 1 'P 
‘ the top, is wrapped in the empalement, and con- I 
tains fmooth foliaceous feeds, adhering to a pla- 
centa. The fpecies are : 
t. Caryophyllus minor repens nojlras. 'An Virgine* * 
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