22 lUMAUiAfK.i:. (ku.mitoky family.) 



2. SANGUINARIA, L. ruccooN. Blooi>-root. 



Sc'i)als 2. I'ttiils 8-12. Slij;inas 2. Capsule 2-valvcd, the valvcf. icparat 

 iiij; iVoiii till- fililurin persistent plaecnta3. Seeds crested — A steinless peren- 

 nial IktIi, witii oraii;;e-<()ioivd juice. Rliizoiua tliick. Leaves rciiifomi, with 

 .5 - 7 wavv or tootiicd lobes. Flowers white, solitary at tlie suniniit of the naked 

 scape, fu'ra<'ious. 



I S. Canadensis, L. — Kich woods, Florida and northward. March — 

 Scape 4'-G' high. Flowers 1' wide, appearing with the leaves. 



The CoiiN-Poii-Y (Pai'.vvkr ulbium, L.) is occasionally met with in grain 



fields and around dwellin<rs. 



OuDER 11. FUMARIACE^E. (Fumitory Family.) 



Smooth herbs witli watery jnice, alternate compound (lissectcd leaves, 

 without stipules, and irregular flowers. Sepals 2. Petals 4 ; the two outer 

 or one of them spurred or gibboiu at the base ; the two inner c-allous at the 

 ape.x, and cohering over the stigma. Stamens G, commonly united in two 

 sets of three each, placed opposite the outer petals, hypogynous : aether of 

 the middle stamen 2-celled, of the lateral ones 1-celIed. Capsule 1-celled 

 and 2-valved, with two parietal placentae, or 1-seeded and ind'hiscent 

 Embryo minute in fleshy albumen. 



Synopsis. 



1. ADLL'MTA. Petals united, persistent. — A tender Tine. 



2. DICENTKA. Petals connivent, deciduous ; the two outer ones gibbous at tlicbafe. -Stcm- 



Icss herbs. 



3. COIIYDALI.'. Petals distinct, deciduous, one of the outt res gibbous at the base. — 



Caulescent herbs. 



1. ADLUMIA, Kaf. 



Sepals minute. I'etals united, free at the summit ; the two outer ones gibbous 

 at the hase, withering-persistent. Ca])sule linear-oblong, 4- 8-seeded. Seeds 

 reniform, not crested. Stigma 2-crested. — A smooth bieimial vine. Leaves bi- 

 ternate, with tendril-like petioles. Flowers pale violet, in axillary and drooping 

 pani es. 



1 A. cirrhosa, Raf. (Corydalis fungosa, Fen/.) — Mountains of North 

 Carolina and northward. July - September. — Stem 8°- 15° long. Leaflets 

 thin, obovatc, 2-3-lobed. Corolla thick and spongy. 



2. DICENTRA, Bork. Dutchman's Breeches. 



Sepals minute. Petals conniving, but scarcely united, deciduous or withering ; 

 the two outer ones spurred or gibbous at the base. Filaments slightly united 

 in two sets. Stigma 2-erested. Capsule 10-20-sceded. Seeds crested. — 



