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Handsworth, near Birmingham. It is called the solid bulbous Corydalis, to distinguish it from a species called 
the hollow-rooted Corydalis, which, in its natural state, appears as though a piece had been cut out of one side 
of the bulb ; and sometimes as though the whole of the inside of the bulb had been hollowed out. Both 
species are very abundant in Sweden, and other countries in the north of Europe, but only the solid kind is 
found wild in England. Wherever it takes root, however, it spreads rapidly, by the formation of a number of 
its tuber-like bulbs, but it rarely ripens its seeds in gardens. The tubers abound in a floury substance, and 
are said to form the principal winter’s provision of the Kalmucs and other wild nations in the North. The 
species is a perennial, and flowers in April and May. 
2.— THE YELLOW CORYDALIS. (Corydalis lutea, Dec. 
Synonymes. —C. capnoides, Dec.; Fumaria lutea, Lin. 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 588 ; 2d ed., t. 984, and our jig. 2, 
in PL 8. 
Specific Character. —Pods nearly cylindrical, shorter than their 
stalks. Stem angular, erect. Bracteas minute. Spur short, 
rounded. (Smith.) 
Description, &c. —Though this species is extremely common on old walls in various parts of England, and 
though it is a troublesome weed in many gardens, it is said not to be a true native of this country, but to have 
been originally introduced from Barbary about the year 1500 ; it is also said that the reason it appears to have 
taken such complete possession of the English soil is, that its seed pod opens with elasticity when ripe, 
and scatters the seed to a considerable distance. The roots are fibrous, but descend very deeply into the ground, 
so that it is extremely difficult to eradicate it, when it is once established. The stem is, however, very brittle, 
and is easily broken off close to the ground. It is a perennial, and flowers in May and June. 
3.— THE WHITE CLIMBING CORYDALIS. (Corydalis claviculata, Dec.) 
Synonyme. —Fumaria claviculata, Lin. Specific Character. —Pods lanceolate, undulated. Stem climbing. 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 103; 2d ed., t. 985 ; and our jig. 3, Foot-stalks ending in branched tendrils. (Smith.) 
in PL 8. 
Description, &c. —This is a very pretty little climbing plant, growing wild in many places both in England 
and Scotland, wherever the soil is at once sandy and damp, and the situation tolerably shady. It has sometimes 
a very pretty effect when it grows in woods, and twines itself round the branches of the trees, or hangs from 
their branches; or when it covers the thatched roof of a cottage, which it often does in the southern and eastern 
counties of England. It is seldom found in gardens, though it well deserves to be cultivated, on account of the 
great rapidity and luxuriance of its growth. It is an annual, and flowers the greater part of the summer. 
GENUS II. 
TITE FUMITORY. (Fumaria, Tourn.) 
Lin. Syst. DIADELPHIA HEXANDRIA. 
Generic Character. —Petals four, the three upper connate at the base, the intermediate one being saccate. Fruit indehiseent, monospermous, 
not pointed by the style. (Dec.) 
Description, &c. —All the British Fumarias are annuals, and very common weeds. The name of Fumaria 
is derived from the Latin word fumus , smoke, in allusion to the smell of the plant; and on this account it is also 
sometimes poetically called smoke of the earth. It belongs to the same Linntean class and order as the 
Corydalis. 
