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DIADELPHIA HEXANDRIA 



purple colour, the 2 exterior petals concave, with a short slightly m- 

 «urved spur at base. Stamens 6, attached to the base of the petals. 



Serm oblong. Stigma sessile, rod 2-vaIve(lj compressea, many 

 Grows in the fissures of the rocks on the mountains. 



Flowers 



July. 



CORYDALIS. Ventenat. 



Feta la 



* 



iinicum 



f 



basi calcaratum. 



Sr- 



liqua 



bivalvis^ com 



pressa, polysperma. 



1. AuREA. 



C. caule ramosa 



diffusa ; foliis glaucis^ 



lob is 

 finearibus 



iiig 



Petals 4, ane bear- 



at base» 



a spur 



com 



Pod 2-valved, 

 pressed, many seeded 



? 



Stem 



branching 



bipinnatisectis 



^ 



9 



diffuse ; leaves^ glau- 

 cous, doubly pinnati- 

 fid, the lobes oblong. 



linear : bracteas ob- 



long, acuminate; pods 

 linear, four times as 

 long as the pedicel. 



oblongo 



bracteis oblongis, acu- 



minatis ; siliquis line- 



aribus,pedicello quad- 



ruplo longioribus. De 



CandoUe. 



Willd. enura. 740. Pursh 2. pj. 463, Nutt. 2. p. 86. De Cand. 



5ys. Nat. 2. p. 125. 



A plant slightly glaucous^ 8ttm 6—10 inches high, branching, hmtts 

 alternate, variously dissected, segments hnear,acute. Racemes opposite the 

 leaves and terminal. Bracteas linear, acuminate, nearly as long as the p€' 

 dicel. Calyx 2-Ieaved, very small. Petak yellow, about half an inch long- 

 Spur straight, obtuse, much shorter than the flower*. Pod corapressei^ 

 iriightly arched, pointed with the style. 



I have specimens of this plant from Pennsylvania and from the rooun^ 

 tains of Cardina, in the latter the flowers appear to be smaller, and the 

 leaves though dissected after the manner of the genus are much less ^^ 

 fended and divided. 



Grows among the mountains in the fissures of rocks* 

 ]f lowers May— Julj- 



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