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Discovered by Dr. Wallich, on the mountains of Shiva-
poora, and at Naokote, in Nepal, where it flowers in May,
and its fruit are ripe in August. With us the plant does
not blossom until late in Autumn ; it has much the air of
Adlumia fungosa, but its fruit being a berry, essentially distinguish
it as a genus, which, on this account, forms a remarkable
exception in the order. An approach to the berried
fruit may be remarked in Fumaria, as the genus is now
limited, whose monospermous capsule is almost a drupe, as
in Crambc, and certain other Cruciferce, but which is still
more distinctly exemplified in Monnina, belonging to th e .
order Folygalea, which I have formerly ( Frodr. Fl. Nepal,
p. 199.J proposed to place between the Cruciferce. and Fa-
paveracece, and to which they appear to me to be closely
related. I have always regarded, with .lussieu, the Fuma^
riacece as constituting nothing more than a section of Fapa-
veracecc, and having again carefully considered the subject,
I see still stronger reasons for adhering to my former view.
The genus Hypecoum, whose stamina are definite, and where
the petals are also considerably modified, almost as much
so, even as in Fumariacece, appears clearly to connect the two
groups together.
Our drawing was taken from the collection of Messrs.
Whitley, Brames, and Milne, at Fulham. It is a hardy
annual, and is propagated by seeds.
The generic name is derived from gaicruXoc, n finger, and
KOTrvoc, fumitory, and has been so named by Dr. Wallich,
from the form of its nearly cylindrical berries, almost an
inch long. D. Don Mss.
1. L e a f o f th e Calyx. 2. Ex terio r petal witb 3 o f the Stamens. 3. In n e r P e ta l.
4 . Bu n d le o f Stamens. 5. Ovary, surmounted by the style and stigma. 6. Transverse
section o f the same, showing the insertion o f the seed s.