824 BIADELPHIA. HEXANDRIA. Fumaria. 
F. officina'lis. Seed-vessels in bunches, one seed in each: stem 
spreading: (leafits with dilated segments. E.) 
Ludw. 83 — Curt. 112 —( E. Bot. 589. E.) —-J latth. 1158 — Riv. Petr. 1 — 
Kniph. 1 — Woodv. 88 — FI. Dan. 940 — Fuchs. 338 — J. B. iii. a. 201— 
Blackw. 237— Wale. — Ger. 927. 1 — Lonic. i.^-166. 2 — Dod. 59— Loh. Ohs. 
437. 3, and Ic. i. 757. 1 —Ger. 1088. 1 —Park. 287. 1 —Trag. UO—Mill 
136. 2— H. Ox. iii. 12. 9. 
Stem smooth. Leaves smooth, somewhat fleshy, sea-green, trebly com¬ 
pound, the last divisions with three or five clefts, the extreme segments 
spear-shaped. Fruit-stalks very short. Floral-leaves spear-shaped, 
membranous, one at the base of each fruit-stalk. Seed-vessel roundish, 
smooth. W oodw. Calyx leaves coloured. Nectary distended, shorter 
than the fruit-stalk, inclosing a greenish tongue-shaped substance, purple 
at the edge. Wings each with three keel-shaped ridges near the extrem¬ 
ity on the outer side. Style three or four times as long as the germen. 
Flowers pink and dark purple, in long terminal spike-like bunches; 
sometimes very pale, or nearly white. 
Common Fumitory. (Irish: CumanSearraigh ; Diiagh tallium. Welsh: 
Mwg y ddaear cyffiredin. E.) Corn-fields; hedge banks; gardens. 
A. May—Aug.* 
(F. PARViFLoh&A. Cluster diffuse: pods single-seeded, globose, 
pointed: stem spreading; segments of the leaves strap-shaped, 
channelled. 
E. Bot. 590—Vaill. Par. t. 10. f 5. 
Exhibits the general habit of F. officinalis , but differs in the very narrow 
segments of the leaves , which are linear, grooved, convex beneath, never 
widening, or becoming wedge-shaped; and the blossom being only half 
the size, and paler. Pod acuminate, but not notched at the end. 
Small-flowered Fumitory. F. parviflora. Willd. Sm. De Cand. 
F. spicata (3. Linn. Corn-fields about Woldham ; near Rochester. Mr. 
Jacob Rayer. Near Epsom. Mr. T. F. Forster, jun. FI. Brit. Teign- 
mouth. Rev. Pike Jones. A. Aug.—Sept. E.) 
F. capreola'ta. Seed-vessels in bunches, one seed in each: leaves 
climbing, sparingly furnished with tendrils. 
j Dick. H. S. — {Curt .— E. Bot. 943. E.) 
PLATE XXX. 
Stems longer and weaker than those of F. officinalis. Leaves more distant, 
not so finely divided, the extreme divisions broader and blunter. Flowers 
fewer on the spike. Fruit-stalks longer. Woodw. Stem sometimes 
trailing, and interweaving its branches among the grass, very much 
branched, three feet long. Blossom pale red; St. (rarely white. E.) Clearly 
distinct from F. officinalis , as I have proved by sowing the seed. Leaves 
* Cows and sheep eat it. Goats are not fond of it. Horses and swine refuse it. Linn. 
The leaves are succulent, saline and bitter. The expressed juice in doses of two or three 
ounces, is useful in hypochondriacal, scorbutic, and cachectic habits. It corrects acidity, 
and strengthens the tone of the stomach. Hoffman prefers it to all other medicines as a 
sweetener of the blood. There is no doubt of its utility in obstructions of the viscera, and 
diseases arising therefrom.—An infusion of the leaves is used as a cosmetic to remove 
freckles and clear the skin. Mr. Woodward. 
