28 FUMARIACEJE. (FUMITORY FAMILY.) 
Corolla flattened, closed; the 4 petals in two pairs; the 
outer with spreading tips, and one or both spurred or gib¬ 
bous at the base ; the inner pair narrower and with their 
callous crested tips united over the stigma. Stamens in 2 
sets of 3 each, placed opposite the larger petals, hypogy- 
nous; their filaments more or less united; the middle an¬ 
ther of each set 2-celled, the lateral ones 1-celled. Stigma 
flattened at right angles with the ovary. Pod 1-celled, 
either 1-seeded and indehiscent, or several-seeded with 2 
placentae. — Leaves alternate. 
Synopsis, 
* Pod slender: the 2 valves separating from the filiform placent®. 
1. Adlumia. Corolla heart-shaped, persistent. Seeds crestless. 
2. Dicentra. Corolla heart-shaped or 2-spurred Seeds creste 
3. Corydalis. Corolla 1-spurred at the base. Seeds crested. 
* * Pod fleshy, indehiscent, globular, 1-seeded. 
4. Fumaria. Corolla 1-spurred. Seed crestless. 
1. ADL.lJ]fIIA, Raf. Climbing Corydalis. 
Petals all permanently united in an ovate corolla, 2 -gibbous at 
1 J -11 few- 
the base, becoming dry and persistent, inclosing the small 
seeded pod. Seeds not crested. Stigma 2-crested. — A climbm n 
biennial vine, with 3-pinnate leaves, cut-lobed delicate leaflets, 
and ample panicles of drooping flowers. (Dedicated by 
nesque to Major Adlum.) 
1. A, cirrltosst, Raf. (Corydalis fungosa, Vent) — Wet " 
Maine to W. States. July-Oct. — A handsome vine with de 
foliage and pale flesh-colored blossoms, climbing by the tendri 1 ^ 
young leafstalks over high bushes, cultivated for festoons and boW^ 
in shaded places. Petals all firmly united with each other and " ^ 
the sheath of filaments; the cross-section displaying 3 large an 
small cavities. 
2. DICENTRA, Bork. (wrongly Diclytra or B^ra)- 
Petals conniving, but scarcely united, deciduous or withering^ 
the 2 outer gibbous or spurred at the base. Stigma 2 -crested 
sometimes 2-horned. Filaments slightly united. Pod 10 7 
seeded. Seeds with a lateral crest. — Low, stemless pcrennia 
