22 FUMARIACE.E. (FUMITORY FAMILY.) 



2-crested. Capsule 10-20-seeded. Seed crested. Stemless herbs, from 

 creeping or granular rootstocks, with temately divided long-petioled leaves, 

 and a naked scape of racemose nodding flowers. 



1. D. Cucullaria, DC. Rootstock of clustered grains; scape few- 

 flowered ; lobes of the leaves linear ; corolla white, triangular, the divergent 

 spurs longer than the pedicel ; inner petals minutely crested Rich woods in 

 the upper districts. April. 



2. D. Canadensis, DC. (SQUIRREL-COKN.) Rootstock of scattered 

 grains, creeping ; scape few-flowered ; leaf lobes oblong-linear ^-corolla green- 

 ish, cordate-obluiig, the short rounded spurs mostly shorter than the pedicel ; 

 inner petals crested. Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. May. 



3. D. eximia, DC. Rootstock creeping, scaly ; scape many-flowered in 



a compound raceme ; leaf lobes oblong ; corolla cordate-oblong, purple ; inner 

 petals crested. Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. June - July 



3. CORYDALIS, Vent. 



Petals separate, deciduous ; one of the outer ones spurred at the base. 

 Filaments united nearly to the summit, with a gland at the base. Stigma 

 2-lobed. Capsule silique-like, many-seeded. Seed crested. Caulescent, an- 

 nual or biennial herbs, with bipinuate dissected leaves, and flowers in lateral 

 and terminal racemes. 



1. C. glauca, Pursh. Glaucous; stem erect, l-2 high; leaves ter- 

 nately divided, the lobes \' - Y long ; racemes few-flowered ; corolla purplish, 

 tipped with yellow, short-spurred; capsule erect. Mountains of North Caro- 

 lina. August. 



2. C. micrantha, Gray. Stem diffuse, 10'-20'long; leaf -lobes small, 

 obtuse; early racemes long, 10 - 20-flowered, the corolla ^' long, crested, 

 golden yellow, and the spar mostly longer then the short pedicel ; later ones 

 short and few-flowered, these very small and fertilized in the bud ; capsule 

 erect-spreading, even ; seed smooth, turgid. (C. aurea, var. australis, S. Fl.) 



Cultivated ground in the lower districts. April - May. 



3. C. flavula, D.C. Stem slender, 5' -10' high; leaf-lobes small and 

 acute ; racemes few-flowered ; corolla 3" - 4" long, pale yellow, crested ; the 

 short spur much shorter than the pedicel ; capsule slightly torulose, spread- 

 ing or drooping ; seed rugose-reticulate, the margins acute. Dry woods in 

 the upper districts. May- June. 



4. FUMARIA, L. FUMITORY. 



Posterior petal spurred, united below with the two inner ones. Stamen 

 united in two sets of three each. Style deciduous. Fruit globular, 1 -seeded, 

 indehisceut ; feeds crestless. Tender branching annuals, with finely dis- 

 sected leaves, and small flowers in lateral or terminal racemes. 



1. P. officinalis, L. Leaves bipinnately divided, the narrow lobes 

 widening upwards ; racemes many-flowered ; sepals sharply toothed ; petals 

 flesh-color, tipped with crimson. Waste places, sparingly introduced. 



