THE FUMITORY FAMILY 
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leaves divided from the mid-rib into distinct stalked leaflets (pinnate), which are again and 
sometimes again divided in like fashion (bi- or tri-pinnate), the leaflets being deeply lobed. 
Not uncommon. Hedges and cultivated ground. June — September. Annual. 
Small-flowered Fumitory. (Fumaria densiflora, DC.)— Flowers small and densely 
clustered on short stems which lengthen in fruit. [As described in the genus Fumitory 
(Fumaria).] The sepals remarkably large in comparison with the flower, very broad, and toothed, 
white (petaloid) ; the petals whitish with a green streak and tipped with purplish-rose ; the stems 
6-10 inches high, and the leaves with small leaflets. 
Local. Cultivated fields. May — September. Annual. 
Common Fumitory. (Fumaria officinalis, Linn.) — Flowers in terminal clusters 
(racemes), lengthening in fruit. The sepals narrower than the corolla, rose-coloured (petaloid) ; 
the petals with broad tips, dark or pale rose-colour tipped with dark purple. [As described in the 
genus Fumitory (Fumaria).] The stem from 6 inches to 2 feet high, erect when small, or climb- 
ing, and the leaves divided to the mid-rib into distinct leaflets, which are again and again divided 
in like fashion (tri-pinnate). The whole plant has a bluish bloom (glaucous). [ Plate 8. 
Common. Cultivated ground, hedges, &c. May — September. Annual. 
Least-flowered Fumitory. (Fumaria Vaillantii, Loisel. ; F. parviflora, Lam.)— A 
similar species, with white or red flowers and very small sepals. The stems 6-10 inches high, 
erect, and the leaves as in the Common Fumitory, but with narrow (linear) segments. 
Rare and local. Cultivated ground. June — September. Annual. 
