FUMA'RIA LU'TEA. 
YELLOW-FLOWERED FUMATORY. 
Class. Order. 
DIADELPHIA. HEXANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
PAPA VER ACE.55. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Britain. 
1 foot. 
May, Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1629. 
No. 111. 
The derivation of the name of this genus, which 
has been noticed under No. 69, has not been ascer- 
tained with complete certainty. The Latin fumus, 
smoke, is usually considered its origin, as it is said, 
from its affecting the eyes. Lutea, from the Latin 
luteus, yellow. 
The genus Fumaria, as established by Linneus, has 
been, by some authors, much divided, on account 
of the diversity of its seed vessels : and our present 
plant will be found, in a few works, as the Corydalis 
lutea. Its other synonyms will be rarely met with. 
If it were our province here to enter into a detailed 
statement of the botanical distinctions, divisions, and 
arrangements, which the genus Fumaria has under- 
gone, a small portion of the requisite matter would 
far exceed our limits. 
This is a lively herbaceous plant, that continues 
in flower during great part of the summer; will 
multiply itself spontaneously, by seed ; and ornament 
old walls and rock-work with advantage, and almost 
independently of the efforts of a cultivator. No pe- 
culiarity of soil or situation is requisite for its suc- 
cessful growth. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 4, 240. 
