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FUiMARIACEAE. 



Capsules spreading or droopinp, distinctly torulose ; eastern. 

 Capsules asccndiiiR. terete or sliRhtly torulose ; western. 

 Seeds finely rcticulalcil ; poils ascending. 

 Pods densely covered with transparent vesicles. 



Vol.. II. 



4. C. aurcuin. 



5. C. motitanuni. 



6. C. campcstrc. 



7. C. crystallinum. 



2. Capnoides flavulum (Raf.) Kuntze. 

 or Yellow Corydalis. Fig. 1990. 



Corydalis flavida Raf.; DC. Prodr. i: 129. 1824- 

 Capnoides flavulum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 14. 1891. 



Slender, glabrous, diffuse or ascending, 6-14' 

 high, freely branching. Lower leaves slendcr- 

 petioled, the upper nearly sessile, all finely dissected 

 into Hnear or oblong, sometimes cuneate, acute or 

 obtuse segments; pedicels very slender; bracts con- 

 spicuous, broadly oblong, acute or acuminate, 3"-4" 

 long; spur I" long, rounded; outer petals slightly 

 longer than the inner, yellow, sharp-pointed; crest 

 dentate; pods torulose, drooping or spreading; seeds 

 sharp-margined, finely reticulated. 



In rocky woods, New York to southwestern Ontario, 

 Minnesota, Virginia and Louisiana. Ascends to 4000 ft. 

 in Virginia. Colic-weed. May-June. 



I. Capnoides sempervirens (L.) Borck. Pink or 

 I'alc Corydali.s. Fig. 1989. 



Fumaria sempervirens L. Sp. PI. 700. 1753. 



Capnoides sempervirens Borck. in Roem. Arch, i : Part 2, 44. 1797. 



Corydalis sempervirens Pers. Syn. 2: 269. 1807. 



Corydalis glauea Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 463. 1814. 



Glabrous, glaucous, erect or ascending, 5-2 high, freely 

 branching. Lower leaves 1-4' long, short-petioled, the upper 

 nearly sessile, pinnately' decompound, the primary divisions 

 distant, the ultimate segments obovate or cuneate, toothed or 

 entire, obtuse, often mucronulate; flowers numerous, panicled, 

 borne' in cymose clusters at the ends of the branches, s"-8" 

 long, pink or rarely white, with a yellow tip; spur ^rounded, 

 about l" long; capsules narrowly linear, erect, 1-2' long, 

 nodose when mature; seeds shining, minutely reticulated. 



In rocky places. Nova Scotia to Alaska, Georgia. Minnesota 

 Montana and British Columbia. Ascends to 4500 ft. in North 

 Carolina. Roman wormwood. ApnI-Sept. 



Pale 



3. Capnoides micranthum (Engelm.) Britton. 

 Small-flowered Corydalis-. Fig. 1991. 



Corydalis aurea var. micrantha Engelm.; A. Gray, Man. 



Ed. 5, 62. 1867. 

 Corvdalis micrantha A. Gray, Coult. Bot. Gaz. 11: 189. 



:SS6. 

 Capnoides micranthum Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: i66. 



1894. 



Habit and foliage nearly as in the preceding spe- 

 cies, the ultimate leaf segments generally slightly 

 broader. Flowers similar, the crest entire; or some- 

 times cleistogamous and minute, spurless and slightly 

 or not at all crested; pods ascending, short-pedi- 

 celled, torulose; seeds obtuse-margined, smooth, 

 shining. 



In woods, Minnesota to Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Vir- 

 ginia and Florida. Feb.-.-\pril. 



