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* * Corolla with 5 spurs at the base. 



C. cucullaria : spurs straight, divaricate, acute ; scape naked ; raceme 



simple. 

 HAB. Shady rocks. Apr. May, 7J. ; root bulb.: leaves 2, decomp. : 



fl. large, wh. 

 C. formosa : spurs slightly curved, obtuse ; raceme naked, somewhat 



compound ; stigma 2-angled. 

 HAB. Shady rocks. May, 7J. ; root bulb. ; scape and pedunc. red 



Jl. large, rose-col. 



* * * Petals united, spongy. 



C. funsrosa : stem climbing ; leaves furnished with tendriSs ; racemes 

 axillary, corymbose, nodding ; corolla bigibbous at the base. 



HAB. Rocky hills. July Aug. $ ; stem long ; leaves decomp. ; Jl. 

 num., Jlesfi-col. 



305. FUMARIA. Fumitory. 



F. offiicinalis : silicles globose-retuse : fructiferous pedicels erect, 

 twice as long as the bract ; racemes rather loose ; stems erect ; leaves 

 decompound, with linear lobes. 



HAB. Sandy fields. July Aug. <v). Fl.purp. 



OCTANDRIA. 

 306. POLYGALA. Milk-wort. 



P. paucifolia : stem simple, erect, naked below ; leaves ovate ; termi- 

 nal flowers large, cristate ; radical flowers apterous. 



HAB. Woods and swamps. May June, n^] stem 3 4 in. high; 

 leaves acute ; Jl. 3 4, purp. 



P. polygama : stems numerous ; leaves linear-oblong ; attenuate down- 

 wards; racemes terminal and lateral, elongated; flowers sessile; 

 radical racemes procumbent, with apterous flowers. 



HAB. Fields. June July, 1J-; stems 4 8 in. high, angular; Jl. 

 purp. 



P. sanguinea : stem fastigiately branched ; leaves alternate, narrow- 

 linear ; spikes oblong ; flowers beardless ; calycine wings obovate, 

 as long as the capsule. 



HAB. Wet meadows. July Oct. (& ; stem 8 12 inches high ; 

 Jlower loose, dark rose-color. 



P. verticillata : leaves verticillate, linear, whorls remote ; racemes 

 spiked, acute, pedunculate ; flowers cristate ; calycine wings round- 

 ish ; stem erect, branched. 



HAB. Dry hills. July Oct. <> ; stem, very slender, quadrangular 

 fl&wer ssnail, greenish-white. 



