FUMARIACE.'E. 35 



at apex; stamens united in 2 equal sets; pod 2-valved, many- 

 seeded. 



Etymology unknown. A tall climbing annual. 

 A. CIRRHO'SA. Raf. Fumaria fungosa. JV. Corydalis fungosa. Perj. 



SZcw climbing; leaves cirrhose ; cj/jncs nodding, axillary. A delicate climb- 

 er, native of rocky hills, known in our gardens by the name of Mountain 

 Fringe. Stem striate, many feet in length. Leaves decompound, divided in 

 a pimiate manner, ultimate divisions 3-lobed, smooth, their foot-stalks serving 

 for tendrils Flowers very numerous, in axillary, pendulous cymose clusters, 

 pale pink. Calyx minute. Corolla slightly cordate at base, of 4 petals united 

 into a spongy mass, cylindric, compressed, tapering upwards. 2-lipped. This 

 plant is of very rapid growth, of the easiest culture, and well adapted to the 

 arbour by its abundance of delicate foliage, and its profuse flowering, which 

 continues all summer. Per. Mountain Fringe. 



2. DIELY'TRA. 

 Calyx of 2 small sepals; corolla of 4 petals, the two outer 

 equally spurred or gibbous at the base: stamens united in 2 

 sets of 3 in each ; pod 2-valved, many-seeded^ 



Handsome perennia;! herbs, of small stature. 



1. D. CUCULLA'RIA. Dec Corydalis cticullaria. Pers. 



Scape naked; raceme simple, 1-sided; spurs 2, divaricate, as long as the 

 corolla; style, included; root tuborcled. A smooth, handsome plant, pretty com- 

 mon in the woods of N. II. The root consists of a number of tubercles about 

 the size of peas, and of a briglit yellow color, collected togetlior in a scaly sack. 

 Leaves radical, a little glaucous", decompound, the last divisions linear oblong, 

 obtuse. The scape bears at top a short raceme of odd- looking flo\yers, white, 

 tipped with yellow. Calyx minute. Corolla distinguished at sight by the 

 2 obtuse, diverging spurs. Stam. 3 on each lip. May , Jn. Dutchman's breeches. 



2. D. CaNADE'NSIS. T.SfG. Corydalis formosa. P. 

 Ptacemc naked, nodding, many-flowered ; spvrs 2, short, incurved ; style ex- 



serted; root tuberous. This plant resembles the last, but is rather larger and 

 much more beautiful, both in lespect to its nodding cluster of rose colored 

 flowers and numerously divided leaves, which are decompound and very glau- 

 cous beneath. Flowers larger than in the last, with shorter spurrs. July. 



Rose-colored Dlelytra. 



3 . C O R Y' A L 1 S . 



Calyx of 2 small leaves; corolla of 4 petals, one of which 



is spurred at base; stamens 6, diadclphous ; pod 2-valved, 



compressed, many-seeded. 



The Greek name for the Fumitory, from which genus this, as well as the 

 two preceding, was taken. Filaments 6, united inio 2 equal sets by their broad 

 membranous bases, which sheath the ovary. Small herbs. 



1. C. GLAUCA. 



Stem erect, branched; haves glaucous, decompound, segments cuneate, 3- 

 cleft; bracts linear, minute; spur one; jiods linear, as long as the pedicel. 



