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FU MARIA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. DiADE'LPHiAf, Hexa'ndria. 
Natural Order. Fu.maria'ceje J, De Cand. — Lindl. Syn. p. 18 ; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 18. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 496. — 
Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 493. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. i. 
p. 139. — Fapavera'ce.e, sect. 2. Juss. Gen. PI. p. 235. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 137. — Rosales; suborder, Rhceados.e; sect. 
Rhjeadi.v.e ; type, Fumariace.e; Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 614, 
784, 847, & 852. — Corydales, Linn. 
Gev. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 2 opposite, upright, 
small, membranous, deciduous sepals. Corolla (see fig. 2.) ob- 
long, tubular, ringent, of 4 petals, the lower one strap-shaped and 
free, the upper ones united at the base, the intermediate one of the 
three being gibbous, or spurred at the base. Filaments (see fig. 3.) 
2, awl-shaped, flat, shorter than the corolla, one within each lip. 
Anthers roundish, membranous, 3 terminating each filament. 
Germen (see fig. 4.) superior, somewhat compressed. Style (see 
fig. 4.) terminal, thread-shaped, deciduous. Sterna compressed, of 
2 flat lobes. Fruit (figs. 5 & 6.) indehiscent, 1-seeded. 
The calyx of 2 deciduous sepals ; the corolla of 4 petals, with 
one of them gibbous or spurred at the base ; the indehiscent, 
1-seeded fruit; and the deciduous style, will distinguish this 
genus from others in the same class and order — It differs from the 
genus Corydalis, 1. 190, in the fruit being indehiscent and 1-seeded, 
not 2-valved and many-seeded. 
Three species British. 
FUMA'RIA OFFICINA'LIS. Officinal Fumitory. Common 
Fumitory. Earth-Gall. Fumus Terrse. 
Spec. Char. Cluster rather loose. Pods (fruit) single-seeded, 
abrupt, on upright pedicels twice as long as the bracteas. Stem 
spreading. Leaves supra-decompound ; lobes spear-shaped, or 
strap-shaped. 
Engl. Bot. t. 589. — Curt. FI. I.ond. t. 1 12. — Woodv. Med. Bot. v. ii. p. 241. 
t. 88. — Mart. FI. Rust. t. 68. — Curt. Brit. Entomol. v. ix. t. 404 — Linn. Sp. PI. 
p. 984. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 309, exelud. var. /3. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. iii. 
pt. it. p. 867. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 750. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 255. — With. (7th 
edit.) v. iii p. 824.— Gray ’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 700. — Lindl. Syn. p. 19. — Hook. 
Brit. FI. p. 317.— Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p.379. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 217. — Abb. 
FI. Bedf. p. 152. — Thornton's Family Herbal, p. 627, with a figure. — Davies’ 
Welsh Bot. p. 68. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 325. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd edit ) p. 
286. — Hook. Fl. Scot. p. 210. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 153. — FI. Devon, pp. 1 18 and 
191. — Johnst. Fl. of Berw. v. i. p. 156. — Winch’s Fl. of Northumb. and Durh. 
p. 47. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. i. p. 145. — Walker’s FL ofOxf. 
p.203. — Bab. Fl. Bath. p.3. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of lrel. p. 65. ; Fl. Hibern. 
p. 16.— Fumaria vulgaris, Ray’s Syn. p. 204. — Fumaria purpurea, John- 
son’s Gerarde, p. 1088. 
Localities. — In cornfields, gardens, and about hedges; common. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. A Flower. — Fig. 3. Stamens and Pistil. — Fig. 4. Ger- 
men, Style, and Stigmas. — Fig. 5. A Pod. — Fig. G. Transverse section of the 
same. — Figs. 1, 2, 3, & 4, a little magnified. 
* From fumus, Lat. smoke ; in allusion to the disagreeable smell of the plant ; 
or, according to some, from the light and smoke-like cloudiness of its foliage, 
t Sec folio 77, note +, J See folio 190, a. 
