P'UMARIACEjE. 1 1 



ORDER IX. FUMARIA'CEJE. (FUMITORY FAMILY.) 



Smooth herbs, with brittle stems, watery juice, dissected 

 leaves and irregular flowers. Sepals 2, very small. Corolla 

 flattened and closed, of 4 petals, the two inner united by their 

 tips over the anthers of the G stamens. Stamens in two sets of 3 

 each ; filaments often united ; the middle anther of each set 

 2-celled, the others 1 -celled. Fruit a 1 -celled pod. 



Synopsis of tlie Genera. 



1. Acllu'mia. Corolla 2-spurred. Petals all permanently united. Plant 



climbing. 



2. Dieen'tra. Corolla 2-spurred. Petals slightly united, easily separated. 



Not climbing. 



3. Coryd'alis- Corolla 1-spurred. Fruit a slender pod, many-seeded. 



1. ADIjU'MIA, Eaf. CLIMBING FUMITORY. 



A. cirrho'sa, Raf. A smooth vine, climbing by the petioles 

 of its decompound leaves. Flowers in axillary pendulous clusters, 

 pale pink. Low and shady grounds. 



2. DICEIV'TRA, Bork. DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES. 



1. D. Cucullaria, DC. (DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES.) Leaves 

 all radical, inultifid ; these and the slender scape rising from a 

 bulb-like rhizome of coarse grains. Flowers several in a raceme, 

 whitish, spurs divergent, elongated, acute, straight. Rich woods. 



2. D. Canadensis, DC. (SQUIRREL CORN.) Underground 

 shoots bearing small yellow tubers, something like grains of corn. 

 Leaves very much as in No. 1. Corolla merely heart-shaped; 

 spurs very short and rounded. Flowers greenish- white, fragrant. 

 Rich woods. 



3. CORYD'AMS, Vent. CoRYDALIS. 



1. C. au'rea, Willd. (GOLDEX CORYDALIS.) Stems low and 

 spreading. Leaves dissected. Flowers in simple racemes, golden 

 yellow. Pods pendulous. Rocky river-margins and burnt woods. 



2. C. glauca, Pursh. (PALE CORYDALIS. ) Stems upright, 1 -4 

 feet high. Flowers in compound racemes, purplish tipped with 

 yellow. Pods erect. Rocky woods. 



