278 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



and pistils on different plants. The stamens have linear, bright- 

 yellow anthers, drooping and trembling on hair-like filaments. 

 Flowers, small, in panicles, not conspicuous among the pale, 

 delicate tracery of the leaves. Height, i or 2 feet. Earlier 

 than the tall meadow-rue, and growing more in the woods. 



3. Purplish Meadow-rue 



T. purpurdscens bears delicate compound leaves, sessile on 

 the stem, the leaflets often producing hairs tipped with glands 

 or bits of wax. Its flowers, appearing a little later than the 

 preceding, consist of loose, feathery compound panicles of 

 staminate or pistillate blossoms, purplish or greenish, on pur- 

 plish stems 2 to 4 feet tall. Not uncommon on dry and rocky 

 hills from south New England westward to Minnesota. 



4. Pale Corydalis 



Corydalis glauca. — Family, Fumitory. Color, rose and yel- 

 low. Leaves, pale green, delicate, variously cut and divided. 

 Time, May to August. 



Sepals, 2, small, like scales. Corolla of 4 petals, the upper 

 extending into a short, rounded spur. Stamens, 6, in 2 sets 

 of 3 each, the middle stamen of each group bearing a 2-celled, 

 the outside ones a i-celled anther. Pistil, 1, making a long, 

 slender pod. Flowers, about ^ inch long, in panicled clusters. 



A delicate plant, 2 feet high or less. It grows by preference 

 on moist, shaded rocks. If there be fairies among flowers, this is 

 one. 



5. Golden Corydalis 



C. aiirea is a species with deep-yellow flowers, found on 

 rocky banks from Vermont westward to Minnesota, southward 

 to Pennsylvania. 



6. Hairy Rock-cress 



^rabis hirsuta. — Family, Mustard. Color, white or green- 



