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CoRYDALIS BRACTEATA. BrACTEATED 
CoryYDALIs. 
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Class and Order. 
DiapevpoiA Hexanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Fumartacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Pet. 4, unicum basi calcaratum. Siliqua 2-valvis, com- 
pressa, polysperma.—Herbe glabre sepe glauce. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Corypatis bracteata ; caule simplici diphyllo basi unisqua- 
mato squama recurvata, foliis biternatim sectis seg- 
mentis bi- vel tripartitis laciniis oblongis brevissime 
mucronulatis subintegris, bracteis cuneatis flabellatim 
Incisis pedicellos superantibus, calcare adscendente 
recto obtusissimo pedicellum superante. - Lede. 
Corypatis bracteata. Pers. Syn. Pl. v. 2. p. 269. De 
Cand. Prodr. ». 1. p. 128. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. 
p. 160. Ledeb. Fl. Altaica, v. 3. p. 243. 
Fumaria bracteata. Steph. in Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 3, p. 858. 
Descr. Root a globose tuber, throwing out a few radi- 
cles from its base. Stem simple, inclined at the base, then 
erect, a span or more high, bearing a recurved, oblong, 
brown, membranous scale above the base, and above it, two 
petiolated, rather glaucous leaves : these are biternate ; the 
primary divisions on partial petioles ; the secundary ones 
sessile cuneate, more or less deeply trifid, or multifid, the 
segments linear or oblong, very obscurely mucronulate. 
Raceme terminal. Bracteas large, foliaceous, broadly cu- 
neate, multifid ; the lower ones as long as the flowers, all 
longer than the pedicels. Flowers of an uniform pale 
yellow 
