[Nounit-developer] Enovated. Was cultivated by Mr. MILLER in 1759. _Ait. Kew._ [Illu

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Tion: _No 231_] [231] FUMARIA SOLIDA. SOLID-ROOTED
FUMITORY. _Class and Order._ DIADELPHIA PENTANDRIA.
_Generic Character._ _Cal._ diphyllus. _Cor._ ringens. _Filam._
2 membranacea, singula _Antheris_

3. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ FUMARIA _solida_, caule simplici,
bracteis brevioribus multifidis, radice solida. _Mill. Dict. ed. 6.
4to._ FUMARIA _bulbosa_, caule simplici, bracteis longitudine florum.
_Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 636. Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 983._
_Ait. Kew. v. 3. p. 1._ FUMARIA _bulbosa_ radice non cava major. _Bauh.

Pin. p. 144._ Small hollow roote. _Park Parad.
p. 275. 279. f. 2._ By the old Botanists this species of _Fumaria_,
whose root is constantly solid, was considered as a distinct species
from another similar to it of larger growth, whose root is as
constantly hollow, and which will be figured in
the next number of this work; CASPAR BAUHINE in particular, in his
_Pinax_,
describes the characters in which they differ: LINNAEUS nevertheless
makes
them varieties of each other, uniting them under the
name of _bulbosa_; from this union we have taken the liberty to
dissent, choosing rather to follow
MILLER, who regards them

as distinct, and the Botanists preceding him. The _Fumaria solida_,
a very old inhabitant of our gardens, is a plant of very humble growth,
rarely exceeding three or four inches in height, and producing its
spike of purple flowers in April, which continue in blossom about a
fortnight. In point of colour the flowers of this plant are not subject
to much variation, we

possess a variety of it with blossoms of a much brighter colour than
those of the common sort, and which, on that account, is much more
worthy of cultivation. As a spring plant, it deserves a place in the
garden; in point of ornament, it is applicable to the same purposes as
the
Primrose, will grow in almost any soil or situation,
requires to be taken up in the a