578 FUMITORY FAMILY 



narrow, recurving to below the middle ; inner petals spoon-shaped at apex, 

 expanded downward, then abruptly truncate and borne by a claw-like base; 

 fiiiiting' scapes prostrate. 



Rocky slopes, 6000 to 12,000 feet. Sierra Nevada from Fresno Co. north 

 to Siskiyou Co., thence southerly to Humboldt Co. North to Washington, east 

 to Utah! 



Loes. — South Fork Mt., Humboldt Co., Blasdnle ; Trinity Summit, Davii 5816; Mt. Bidwell, 

 Austin # Bruce; Soupan Sprs., Lassen Peak, Hall rf- Babcock 4298; Truckee, Sonne; betw. 

 Angora Peak aud Keith's Dome. Alice M. Ottley 799; Tilden Lake, Jepson 4556; Macomb 

 Ridge, Yosemite Park, Jcjison. 4557; Mt. Dana, Jepson; Mt. Lyell, Jepson 3331; Nellie Lake, 

 Fresno Co., A. L. Grant 1018. 



Eefs. — DiCENTB.\ VNIFLOII.V Kell. Proe. Cal. Acad. 4:141, fig. (1871), type loc. Placer Co. 

 (Cisco and Summit); Jepson, Sierra Cnub Bull. 8:266-269 (1912). Diclytra uniflora Greene, 

 Pitt. 1:187 (1888). Capnorchis uniflora Ktze., Rev. Gen. PI. 15 (1891). Bil-ukuUa un.ifl,ora 

 Howell, Fl. Nw. Am. 34 (1897). 



5. D. pauciflora Wats. Scapes 4 to ;> inches high, 1 to 3-flowered, arising 

 from fleshy creeping rootstoeks ; leaves similar to D. uniflora ; flowers white or 

 fle.sh-color, outer petals with saccate spur, the upper portion linear-oblong, 4 lines 

 long, recurving or widely spreading; inner petals narrow or ligulate, abruptly 

 expanded into a spatulate apex, contracted at base and borne on a much dilated 

 or oblong claw as long as the blade proper. 



Alpine, 9000 to 10.000 feet, localized in two widely separated regions: Salmon 

 Alps, Scott and Trinity mountains ; Sawtooth Range, Tulare Co. 



Locs. — Union Lake Valley, Salmon Mts., Hall 8623; Mineral King (Contrib. II. S. Nat. 

 Herb. 4:60) ; Mt. Moses, Purpus 1340. 



Refs. — DiCENTRA p.ircrPLOR.i Wat.?. Hot. Cal. 2:429 (1880), based on spms. from Scott 

 Mts., Greene, and Castle Lake. Trinity Mts., Lemmon. Diclytra pauciflora Greene, Pitt. 1:187 

 (1888). Bikul-ulla pauciflora Cov. Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 4:60 (1893). Capnorchis pauci- 

 flora Greene, Fl. Fr. 279 (1891). 



2. CORYDALIS Vent. 



Stems with ample 2 or 3-pinnate leaves. Flowers in racemes. Corolla with 

 only one of the outer petals spurred or gibbous, this becoming posterior by the 

 torsion of tlie flower; petals all erect and connivent up to the engaged tips of 

 the outer ones. Filaments with nectar-bearing process projecting into the petal- 

 spur. Seeds with a concave aril-like crest. — Species 90, North America, Europe. 

 Asia, Africa. (Greek Korydallis, the ancient name of the crested lark.) 



Flowers white or cream-color; spur \\i> to 2 times as long as the petals 1. C. casean-a. 



Flowers yellow; spur barely V, as long as the petals 2. C. aurea. 



1. C. caseana Gray. Stem li/o to 3 feet high, arising from thickened roots; 

 leaves 1/2 to I14 feet long; leaflets ovate, mucronate, 3 to 9 lines long; raceme 

 dense, li/o to 3 inches long ; corolla white or cream-color, with bluish tips ; petals 

 4 to 5 lines long, the spur nearly straight, IV2 to 2 times a.s long. 



Northern Sierra Nevada from Nevada Co. to Plumas Co., 5000 to 6300 feet. 



Locs. — Truckec River, Placer Co., Sonne; Imlian Valley, Plumas Co., Lemmon; Jamison 

 Creek, Plumas Co., Hall 9308; Butte Creek, Hall 9796; Big Meadows, Plumas Co., Cleveland; 

 Morgan, Tehama Co., Hall <f- Bahcock 4291. 



Refs. — CoRYB.VLis CASEANA Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 10:69 (1874), type loc. Big Mdws., 

 Plumas Co., Lemmon, E. L. Case. Capnoides caseanum Greene. Fl. Fr. 280 (1891). Corydalis 

 bidwelliae Wats. Bot. Cal. 2:429 (1880). tj-pe loc. Sierra Nevada above Chico, Annie Bi'dwcll. 

 Capnodes bidicelliunum. Greene I.e. 



2. C. aurea Willd. Branching from the base, spreading, about 10 inches 

 high ; leaves finely dissected ; raceme few-flowered, short, the pedicels 1 to 2 lines 

 long; flowers yellow; petals 31/2 to 4 lines long, the spur about half as long; 

 capsules terete, at length torulose, 10 lines long; seeds black, glossy. 



Mono Co., 6900 to 7000 feet. Rocky Mts. to Alaska and Nova Scotia. 



Loc— Betvv. Pickle Mdws. and Hardy sta., Ali'-c M. Ottley 1133. 



Refs. — CoRYD.iiLis .\UREA Willd. Enuin. 740 (1809), type loc. Canada; Gray. Gen. PI. U. S. 

 1:124, pi. 52 (1848). Fumaria aurea Ker. Bot. Reg. t. 66 (1815). Capnoide^ aureum Ktze. 

 Rev. Gen. Pi. 14 (1891). 



Jepson, Flora op California, vol. 1, pp. 553-578. Jan. 21, 1922. 



