YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



into five or more, generally oval leaflets, which are 

 arranged alternately, and have their margins irregu- 

 larly scalloped. The under surface has a whitish 

 bloom, and is strongly ribbed and veined, the veination 

 showing through on the upper side. They set grace- 

 fully on short, weak, hairy stems. The seed pod is 

 long and slender, and often measures two inches in 

 length. It is smooth and two-parted, and splits 

 upward from the bottom when matured. The Celan- 

 dine blossoms from April to September throughout 

 the Eastern States. The name is derived from the 

 Greek Chelidon, a swallow, and was used by 

 Dioscorides, because, it is said, the flowers appeared 

 in the spring when the swallows arrived, and per- 

 ished in the fall when these birds departed. For 

 this reason it is also called Swallow-wort. 



GOLDEN CORYDALIS 



Corydalis aurea. Fumitory Family. 



This bright yellow-flowered Corydalis blossoms ear- 

 lier than the Pink species, and is found along rocky 

 woodland banks and in recent clearings from Quebec to 

 Mackenzie, and south to Oregon, Arizona, Texas, Mis- 

 souri, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. It is commonly low 

 and spreading. The leaves are mostly short-stemmed, 

 and are finely cut and divided, with the leaflets more 

 wedge-shaped or broader than those of the latter 

 species. The conspicuously spurred and nearly hori- 

 zontal flowers are about half an inch long. They 

 are golden yellow in colour, and the outer petals are 



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