24 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



1. C. glaucaPursh: stem erect, branched ; leaves glaucous, decom- 

 pound ; segments cuneate, trifid ; bracts oblong-acute, shorter than 

 the pedicels ; pod linear, flat, scarcely torulose. Fumaria glauca Curtis. 



HAB. N. S. and Can. N. to 64. May July. >>/., 

 12 15 inches high. Flowers variegated with red, yellow and 

 green. 



2. C. aurea Wittd. : stem branched, diffuse ; leaves glaucous, doubly 

 pinnate, lobes oblong-linear ; bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 toothed, longer than the pedicels ; pod terete, torulose. Fumaria aun a 

 Muhl. 



HAB. Shady rocks. Throughout Can. and N. to lat. 64. W. to 

 Rocky mountains, and S. to S. Car. June. <g>. Stein 812 

 inches high, branching. Racemes opposite the leaves. Flotccrs 

 small, bright yellow. 



4. ADLUMIA. Raf. 



Petals 4, united in a spongy monopetalous corol, persistent, 

 and with two protuberances at base. Pod 2-valved, many- 

 seeded. Diadelphia. Hexandria. 



A. cirrhosa Raf. : Corydallsfungosa Pers. Fumaria fungosa WUM. 

 F. recta Mich. 



HAB. Woods. Can. to Penn. Catskill mountains. July. $ . 

 Stems climbing. Leaves decompound, furnished with tendrils. 

 Flowers numerous, in axillary racemes, pale red. 



ORDER XII. CRUCIFER^. De Cand. Lind. 



Sepals 4, deciduous, cruciate. Petals 4, cruciate, alter- 

 nate with the sepals. Stamens 6, of which two are shorter, 

 solitary and opposite the lateral sepals, and four longer, in 

 pairs, opposite the anterior, and posterior sepals. Disk with 

 various green glands between the petals and the stamens and 

 ovary. Ovary superior, 1-celled. Stigmas 2. Fruit a 

 siliculc or silique (pouch or pod,) rarely 1-celled and valve- 

 less, generally 2-celled and 2-valved, 1 or many-seeded, inde- 

 hiscent or opening by the two valves. Seeds attached in a 

 single row by a cord to each of the placentae, generally pen- 

 dulous. Albumen none. Embryo with the radical folded 

 upon the cotyledons. 



Herbs. Leaves alternate. Flowers usually yellow or white, 

 rarely purple. 



