Illustrations of the principal natural orders of the vegetable kingdom / prepared for the Science and Art Department of the Council of Education by Professor Oliver ; the plates by W.H. Fitch.

  • Oliver, Daniel, 1830-1916.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Illustrations of the principal natural orders of the vegetable kingdom / prepared for the Science and Art Department of the Council of Education by Professor Oliver ; the plates by W.H. Fitch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Nattiral Order FUMARIACE.E. Tab. 4. D lAGNOSis.—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.