272 CRUCIFERAE 
species conspicuously crested. Color, greenish-white tinged with purple, 
In rich woods. Common. May-June. 
3. D. eximia, (Ker.) Torr. Witp BLEepING HEART. Plant much 
larger than the two preceding, and leaves much less divided. 1 to 2 ft. 
high. Corolla oblong resembling that of No. 2, but larger and of a pink 
color, arranged in clusters more or less compound. Western New York. 
May-Aug. 
2. ADLUMIA, Raf. 
A delicate vine many feet in length climbing on shrubs, trees, ete. 
Sepals 2, quite small; petals 4, united into a rather long oval sac with 
resemblance to the flowers of Dicentra, but with short rounded spurs at 
base, which is somewhat heart-shaped, while the tips of the petals are 
only slightly spreading. Leaflets mostly in 3’s. Pods few seeded. 
A. fungosa, (Ait.) Greene. (Fig. 4, pl. 53.) Mountain FRINGE. 
The vine bears many clusters of pale pink flowers. Many of the leaf 
stalks are prolonged into winding tendrils. Native in rocky hills. Often 
cultivated. June-Aug. 
3. CORYDALIS, Vent. (Capnoides, Adams) 
Corolla spurred on one side only. Plants, in our region, erect with 
compound leaves found on the flower stem. Flowers in terminal clusters 
or in clusters springing from the stem opposite the nodes of the leaf 
stalks. Petals 4. Stamens 6. Seed pod linear. 
1. C. sempervirens, (L.) Pers. (Fig. 5, pl. 53. Pink CoryDALIs. 
(C. glauca, Pursh.). Flowers with delicately alternating shades of red 
and yellow. Stem light green, 1 to 2 ft. high. Leaves of about 5 leailets, 
each leaflet with 3 deep and 3 or more shallow sinuses. Rocky places. 
April-Sept. 
2. C. aurea, Willd. (Fig. 6, pl. 53.) GoLpDEN CorypaLis. Very 
smooth, light bluish-green, 6 to 15 in. high. Leaves 3-compound. Flowers 
with one conspicuously long spur, bright golden-yellow. Woods. April- 
May. 
3. C. flavula, (Raf.) DC. Pate Coryparis. Stem slender, smooth, 
pale green,.6 to 14 in, high. Leaves finely dissected. Flower yellow, with 
a short spur 
4. FUMARIA, L. 
Much branched herbs, with finely dissected leaves and many small 
flowers in long slender clusters. Calyx of 2 sepals, small scale-like. Petals 
4, both pairs approaching, the inner pair coherent at apex, one of the 
outer pair spurred. Stamens 6, in 2 groups. 
F. officinalis, L. (Fig. 2, pl. 53.) Fumrirory. Stem smooth, very 
leafy, 6 in. to 3 ft. long. Corolla flesh colored or crimson. Waste places, 
only occasionally; about dwellings. Introduced from Europe. 
Famity IJ.—CRUCIFERAE. Musrarp FAMILY 
A large family of herbs with, generally, quite distinctive char- 
acters. While this is true it is not always easy for the amateur 
to distinguish the individual species. 
