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Fumaria is found here much more advanced than that at Bulphai, Drymaria ovata.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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_Jhow_ and grass jungle continue, Tamarisk, _Furas_ fine specimens, Fumaria continues in fields,
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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The common Fumitory (_Fumaria officinalis_) is a small grey-green plant, bearing well known little flowers, rose coloured, and tipped with purple, whilst standing erect in every cornfield, vineyard, or such-like manured place throughout Great Britain.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Common weeds of cultivation are Fumaria parviflora, a near relation of the English fumitory, Silene conoidea, and two Spergulas (Caryophyllaceae), and Sisymbrium Irio
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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The fumitory (Fumaria) is one of the plants richer in potash than the wormwood (Chenopodium).
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At page 43 Mohl describes the tips of the branches of Fumaria [Corydalis] clavicualta as being developed into tendrils, as well as the leaves.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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Fumaria (Corydalis) claviculata, Mohl on tendrils.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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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.
The Botanical Magazine Vol. 7 or, Flower-Garden Displayed William Curtis 1772
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Of the _Fumaria cava_ there are three principal varieties in point of colour, viz. the white, the blush-coloured, and the purple, which, though plentiful in our gardens formerly, are now rarely met with; Mr. CHAPPELOW informs me, that he found them all this spring, in an old plantation at Teddington, where they produced the most pleasing effect.
The Botanical Magazine Vol. 7 or, Flower-Garden Displayed William Curtis 1772
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Fumaria officinalis (Common Fumitory or Earth smoke)
Seeds Aside 2009
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