

1644 



CORYDALIS* bracteata. 



Large-br acted Corydalis. 



i 



DIADELPHIA HEXANDRIA. 



system 



Nat. ord. Fumariace;e De Cand. {Introduction to the natural 



of Botany, p. 18.) 



COR YD A LIS De Cand.— Petala 4, unicum basi calcaratum. Siliqua 



bivalvis compressa polysperma. Herbse glabra, stepe glaucte, perennes v. 



annua. De Cand. prodr. 1. 126. 



C. bracteata ; caule simplici diphyllo basi unisquamato : squama recurvata, 

 foliis biternatim sectis segmentis bi- v. tripartitis, laciniis oblongis bre- 

 vissime mucronulatis subintegris, bracteis cuneatis flabellatim incisis 

 pedicellos superantibus, calcare ascendente recto obtusissimo pedicellum 

 superante. Ledebourfl. alt. vol. 3. p. 243. 



Fumaria bracteata. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 858. 



C. bracteata. Pers. synops. 2. p. 269. De Cand. prodr. 1. 128. Bot. 

 mag. 3242. 



A pretty little hardy herbaceous plant, found abundantly 

 in damp shady places among the Altai mountains, where it 

 appears with the earliest of the flowers of spring. In this 

 country it succeeds well in a peaty soil, if it is sheltered 

 from wind, and protected from the sun's direct rays. It is, 

 however, as yet extremely rare, for it yields no seed, and 

 ^creases very slowly by its roots. 



Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- 

 tural Society in March last. 



The specific name is derived from the unusual size of 

 the bracteae : a circumstance more obvious in the wild than 



the cultivated plant 



J. L 



* This word is said to be derived from the Greek word k»^*xxU , a lark ; 

 "» allusion to the lengthened base of one of the petals, which has been 

 compared to the spur of a lark. 



