CKLCIFKK.K. (mISTAKD FAMH.V.) 6l 



3. CORYDALIS, Vent. 



Corolla l-spurred at the base (on tlio ujjpcr siilc), dociduous. Stvle per- 

 sistent. Pod many-seeded. Seeds crested or arilled. Flowers in racemes. 

 Onr species are biennial, leafy -stemmed, and pale or glaucous. (The ancient 

 Greek name for the crested lark.) 



* Stem strirt ; Jfnirrrs juirp/isJi or rose-rolor icith j/cl/oir tip<<. 



1. C. glauca, Fursli. (Pali: Couydalis.) Kacemes paniiled ; spur of 

 tV.e corolla very .sliort and rounded; pods erect, slender, elongated. — liocky 

 places; common; C'-2°liigli. May-.\ug. 



* * Lotc, ascenclnu/ ; Jiowers yellow. 

 -»- Outer petals winfj<rested on the Ixirk. 



2. C. flclVUla, DC. Pedicels slender, conspicuously hracted : coro'la pale 

 j'cllow, .'3 - 4" long, spur very short ; tips of the outer petals pointed, longer 

 than the inner; crest ,3-4-toothed; jjods torulose, pen(Uilous or spreading; 

 seeds acutely margined, rugose-reticulated ; aril loose. — Penn. to Minn., and 

 southward. 



3. C. micrantha, Gray. Pedicels short and bracts small ; corolla pale 

 yellow, \" long, with short spur and entire crest, or flowers often cleistogamous 

 and much smaller, without s])ur or crest , pods ascending, torulose ; seeds 

 obtuse-margined, smooth and shining. — N. Car., 111., Minn., and southward. 



4. C. crystallina, Engelm. Pedicels short, erect; corolla bright yel- 

 low, 8" long, the sjmr nearly as long as the body ; crest very broad, usually 

 toothed ; pods terete, erect, densely covered with transparent vesicles , seeds 

 acutely margined, tuberculate. — S. W. Mo. and southward. 



-t- -t- Outer petals merehj carinate on tJie bark, not crested. 



5. C. aurea, Willd. (Golden C.) Corolla golden-yellow, Y long, the 

 slightly decurved spur about half as long, shorter than the pedicel ; pods 

 spreading or pendulous, becoming torulose; seeds obtuse-margined. — Rocky 

 banks, Yt. to Penn., Mo., Minn., and westward. 



Var. OCCidentalis, P>ngelm. Flowers rather larger, the spur nearly as 

 long as the Ixxly ; jiods loss torulose, on short pedicels; seeds acutish on the 

 margin. — Neb. and Kan. to W. Tex. and westward. 



4. PUMARIA, Tourn. Fumitort. 



Corolla l-spurred at tlie base. Style deciduous. Fruit indehiscent, small, 

 globular, l-soo(U'd. Seeds crcstloss. — Hrancbcil ;ind leafy stennned annuals, 

 with finely dissected compound leaves, and small liowers in dense racemes or 

 spikes. (Name from /)//«'/.«, smoke.) 



P. OFFICINALIS, L. (Common Ft mitokv.) Sej^ls ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 sharjdy toothed, narrower and shorter than the condla (which is fleshn'olor 

 tijiped witli crimson); fruit slightly notched. — Waste places, al)out dwellings. 

 (Adv. from Eu.) 



Order 10. CRUCIFERyI^. (Mustard Family.) 



Herbs, icith a pungent water if juice and cruciform tetrad ijnainnus fnicers ; 

 fruit a silique or silicic. — Sepals 4, deciduous. Petals 4, hypogynous, 

 regular, placed opposite each other in pairs, their sproadin'j limbs form- 



