Dicotyledons zvith Polypetalous Flowers. 
Natural Order 
FUMARIACE^E. Tab. 4. 
Diagnosis.— Weak herbs with watery juice and alternate dissected leaves. 
Inner and outer petals unlike. Stamens hypogynous, definite, usually 
diadelphous. Ovary one-celled, with one or many parietal ovules. Seeds 
albuminous. 
Distribution. A small Natural Order, chiefly confined to Europe, countries bordering on the 
Mediterranean and Temperate Asia, with a few at the Cape of Good Hope and in North America. 
Several species are weeds of cultivated ground everywhere. 
Number of British Genera, 2; Species, 3—5. 
Sepals 2, minute, resembling scaly bracteoles. 
Petals 4; posterior outer petal saccate at base in Fumitory (Fumaria) and Corydalis ; both the outer petals 
saccate in Dicentra. 
Stamens 6 , in two bundles of three each ; anther of central stamen of each bundle two-celled, outer anthers 
one-celled. , 
Ovary with one ovule in Fumitory, two or more in Corydalis and Dicentra. 
Fruit a one-seeded nut or a capsule. 
USES, &c.—None of the Order possess important properties, though a few have been used medicinally. 
Dicentra spectabilis , an ornamental tender Chinese species, and the North American D. formosa are frequently 
cultivated. 
