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Vor. IL] POPPY FAMILY. 
5. Capnoides montanum (Engelm. ) 
Britton. Mountain Corydalis. 
(Fig. 1677.) 
Corydalis montana Engelm.; A. Gray, Mem. Am. 
Acad. 4:6. 1849. ; : 
Corydalis aurea var. occidentalis Engelm.; A. 
Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 62. 1867. ; 
Capnoides aureum var. occidentale A. S. Hitch- 
cock, Spring Fl. Manhattan, 17. 1894. 
Capnoides montanum Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 
5: 166. 1894 
Closely resembles C. aureum, but is lighter 
green and the leaves are rather more fincly 
divided. Flower-clusters spicate-racemose, the 
pedicels usually very short; flowers bright yel- 
low, 6’/-8’’ long; spur of the corolla as long as 
its body, or less; capsules spreading or some- 
what ascending; seeds sharp-margined, shining 
or obscurely reticulated. 
In dry soil, South Dakota to Kansas and Texas, 
west to Oregon (?), Utah and Arizona. April-Aug. 
6. Capnoides curvisiliqum 
(Engelm.) Kuntze. Curved-fruited 
Corydalis. (Fig. 1678.) 
Corydalis curvisiliqua Engelm.; A. Gray, Man. 
Ed. 5, 62. 186 
Capnotdes curvisiliqgum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 
Plt i4, 189rs 
Similar to the two preceding species, often 
rather taller than cither. Flowers spicate or 
spicate-racemose, about 8/’ long, conspicu- 
ous, bright yellow; spur of the corolla con- 
spicuous ; pods curved upward, very short- 
pedicelled, stout, somewhat 4-sided; sceds 
sharp margined, finely and distinctly reticu- 
lated. 
South Dakota to Nebraska, Texas and Chi- 
huahua. April-June. 
7. Capnoides crystallinum (Engelm.) Kuntze. \ 
Vesicular Corydalis. (Fig. 1679.) \ 
Corydalis crystallina Engelm.; A. Gray, Man, Ed. 5, 62. 
1867. 
Capnoides crystallinum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 14. 1891. 
Erect or ascending, glabrous, 8/—20’ high, branching. 
Lower leaves slender-petioled, the upper sessile, all 
finely dissected into oblong or cuneate segments; pedi- 
cels stout, short, diverging; flowers spicate, 6’’-8’ long, 
bright yellow; spur 3//-4’’ long; crest large, dentate; 
capsules 9’’ long, ascending or erect, densely covered 
with transparent vescicles; seeds acute-margined, reticu- 
lated. 
Prairies, Missouri and Arkansas. April-June. 
