MADELPHIA OCTANDRIA* 
179 
FUMARIA, 
Petalum unicum ba- 
si gibbum aut calcar- 
atura. Fructus (cari- 
opsis) indehiscens, Jr 
sperma. 
1, Officinalis. 
F. siliculisgloboso- 
retusis; pedicellis fruc- 
tiferis erectis, bractea 
duplo longioribus; ra- 
cemis Iaxiusculis;caule 
erecto; foliis supra de- 
compositis, lobis lin- 
earibus. De Cand, 
One petal gibbous 
or spurred at base. 
Fruit (a cariopsis) 1- 
seeded, not opening. 
Pods globose, re- 
tuse ; pedicels of the 
fruit erect, twice as 
long as the bractea ; 
racemes loose ; stem 
erect; leaves supra de- 
compound, lobes lin- 
ear, 
Pursh 2. p. 463. De Cand. Syst. Naf. 2. p. 134* 
Root annual, fusiform. Stem 6—16 inches high, branching, and with 
the whole plant glabrous and slightly glaucous. Leaves variously dissec- 
ted, in general compoundly 3-parted, segments many cleft. Flowers in 
racemes. Peduncles opposite the leaves, robust, and in general much 
longer than the leaves. Calyx 2-leaved, very small. Petals 4, the low- 
er one linear, free, the 3 upper united at base, bearing a spur, all purple, 
deeply coloured at the summit. Stamens diadelphous, shorter than the 
corolla. Stigma bilamellate. Capsule globose, smooth, 1-seeded. 
An exotic now becoming naturalized in this country. Very common 
on James’ Island and at Mr. Middleton’s, Ashley river. 
Grows in dry sandy soils. 
Flowers in April, 
OCTANDRIA. 
POLYGALA, Gen. Pe, 1154. 
Calyx 5-phyllus, Calyx 5-Ieaved, 2 
foliolis auobus alaefor- of them wing shaped. 
