﻿MUSTARD 
  FAMILY 
  99 
  

  

  1. 
  D. 
  Cucullaria 
  Bernh. 
  DUTCHMAN'S 
  BREECHES, 
  BREECHES 
  

   FLOWEK. 
  A 
  low, 
  stemless 
  perennial, 
  with 
  a 
  delicate 
  scape 
  and 
  a 
  

   cluster 
  of 
  basal 
  leaves 
  with 
  linear 
  divisions, 
  from 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  bulb 
  

   made 
  of 
  small, 
  scaly 
  grains. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  a 
  4-10-flowered 
  simple 
  

   raceme, 
  not 
  fragrant. 
  Spurs 
  of 
  the 
  corolla 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  pedicels 
  ; 
  

   corolla 
  mostly 
  white 
  with 
  a 
  yellowish 
  tip. 
  Rich 
  woods, 
  common. 
  

  

  2. 
  D. 
  canadensis 
  Walp. 
  SQUIRREL 
  CORN, 
  WILD 
  HYACINTH. 
  A 
  

   low, 
  stemless 
  perennial, 
  with 
  scape 
  and 
  leaves 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  No. 
  1, 
  and 
  

   with 
  small 
  yellow 
  tubers 
  looking 
  like 
  grains 
  of 
  corn 
  scattered 
  along 
  

   the 
  underground 
  shoots. 
  Corolla 
  only 
  heart-shaped 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   whitish 
  or 
  flesh-colored, 
  very 
  fragrant. 
  Rich 
  woods. 
  

  

  3. 
  D. 
  spectabilis 
  Lem. 
  BLEEDING 
  HEART, 
  EAR 
  DROPS. 
  Stems 
  

   branching, 
  recurved. 
  Leaves 
  large, 
  twice 
  compound 
  in 
  threes, 
  the 
  

   divisions 
  rather 
  broad, 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  peony. 
  Racemes 
  

   long, 
  drooping, 
  many-flowered. 
  Flowers 
  large, 
  heart-shaped, 
  bright 
  

   pink. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  China. 
  

  

  VII. 
  CORYDALIS 
  Medic. 
  (CAPNOIDES) 
  

  

  Leafy-stemmed 
  biennial 
  herbs 
  (the 
  American 
  species). 
  

   Leaves 
  much 
  divided, 
  alternate 
  or 
  nearly 
  opposite. 
  Racemes 
  

   terminal 
  or 
  opposite 
  the 
  leaves. 
  Sepals 
  2, 
  small. 
  Petals 
  4 
  ; 
  

   corolla 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  spur 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side. 
  

   Capsule 
  many-seeded. 
  

  

  1. 
  C. 
  sempervirens 
  L. 
  PALE 
  CORYDALIS. 
  Plant 
  erect, 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  bloom. 
  Flowers 
  pink-purple 
  with 
  yellow 
  tips. 
  Spur 
  of 
  the 
  

   corolla 
  very 
  short 
  and 
  rounded. 
  Rocky 
  woods. 
  

  

  2. 
  C. 
  aurea 
  Willd. 
  GOLDEN 
  CORYDALIS. 
  A 
  low, 
  spreading 
  plant, 
  

   finally 
  ascending. 
  Corolla 
  bright 
  yellow, 
  1-2 
  in. 
  long; 
  the 
  spur 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  the 
  pedicel, 
  somewhat 
  bent. 
  Shaded, 
  rocky 
  banks. 
  

  

  40. 
  CRUCIFER^. 
  MUSTARD 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Herbs 
  with 
  pungent, 
  watery 
  juice, 
  and 
  alternate 
  leaves 
  with- 
  

   out 
  stipules. 
  Sepals 
  4, 
  often 
  falling 
  off 
  early. 
  Petals 
  usually 
  4, 
  

   arranged 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  cross. 
  Stamens 
  6, 
  the 
  2 
  outer 
  ones 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  the 
  4 
  inner 
  ones. 
  Fruit 
  generally 
  a 
  pod, 
  divided 
  into 
  

   2 
  cells 
  by 
  a 
  thin 
  partition 
  which 
  stretches 
  across 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  

   the 
  other 
  of 
  the 
  2 
  placentae. 
  The 
  flowers 
  throughout 
  the 
  family 
  

   are 
  so 
  much 
  alike 
  that 
  the 
  genera 
  and 
  species 
  cannot 
  usually 
  

   be 
  determined 
  without 
  examining 
  the 
  tolerably 
  mature 
  fruit. 
  

  

  