FUMITORY FAMILY 



and stigmas. There are two tiny, scale-like sepals. 

 The seed-capsule is a long pod with a slender, pointed 

 end, and opens lengthwise. 



DICENTRA. SQUIRREL-CORN 



Dicentra Canadensis. BicucMla Canadensis 



Low, stemless perennial. Rich open woods, especially 

 northward. Nova Scotia to Minnesota and Washington, 

 southward to North Carolina. Abundant in the ravines 

 of northern Ohio. April, May. 



Roots. — Subterranean shoots bear scattered grain-like 

 tubers resembling yellow peas. 



Scape. — Five to ten inches high, bearing a simple ra- 

 ceme of flowers. 



Leaves. — Delicate, grayish green, thrice compound, 

 finely cut, borne on long, slender stems which rise from 

 the root. 



Flowers. — Borne in a nodding raceme on a scape five 

 to ten inches high, irregular, white, tipped with greenish 

 rose color, and slightly fragrant. 



Calyx. — Of two small, scale-like sepals. 



Corolla. — Four petals in two pairs, somewhat cohering 

 into a flattened, heart-shaped, irregular flower; the outer 

 pair of petals extended into two short and rounded spurs; 

 the crested inner petals project conspicuously and pro- 

 tect the slightly protruding stamens. 



Stamens. — Six, in two sets; filaments of each set 

 slightly united. 



Pistil. — One; style slender; stigma two-lobed. 



Fruit. — ^Long, slender pod; ten to twenty seeds. 



Pollinated by bumblebees and bee-hke flies. Nectar- 

 bearing. Anthers mature before the stigmas. 



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