FUMEWORT FAMILY. 



3. Bicuculla eximia (Ker) Millsp. Wild 

 Bleeding-heart. Fig. 1987. 



'iimaria eximia Ker, Bot. Reg. i : pi. 50. 1815. 

 Jiclytra c.riinia DC. Syst. 2: 109. 1821. 

 )icenira eximia Torr. Fl. N. Y. I : 46. 1843. 

 Bicuculla eximia Millsp. Bull. West Va. Agric. Exp. Sta. 

 2: 327. 1892. 



Glabrous, somewhat glaucous, weak, io'-2 high ; 

 ootstock scaly. Leaves all basal, larger than those 

 )f the other eastern species, ternately parted, the 

 livisions stalked, finely pinnatifid into oblong or 

 >vate segments; scape slender, about equalling the 

 eaves ; raceme compound ; flowers clustered in 

 rymes, slender-pedicelled, pink, nodding, 8"-io" long, 

 5 "-4" broad at the base ; spurs short, rounded, in- 

 :urved; inner petals with projecting crests. 



In rocky places, western New York, south to Georgia 

 uid Tennessee along the Alleghanies. Turkey-corn, 

 Stagger-weed. May-Sept. 



ADLUMIA Raf. Med. Rep. (II.) 5: 



352. 1808. 



A glabrous climbing biennial vine, with decompound leaves. Petals 4, all permanently 

 .mited into a narrowly ovate cordate persistent spongy corolla, 4-lobed at the apex. Stamens 

 5, monadelphous below, diadelphous above, adherent to the petals. Stigmas 2-crested. Cap- 

 sule oblong, included in the persistent corolla. Seeds crestless. Closely related to certain 

 Asiatic species of Bicuculla. [In honor of John Adlum, a gardener of Washington.] 



A monotypic genus of eastern North America. 



i. Adlumia fungosa (Ait.) Greene. Climbing 

 Fumitory, Fig. 1988. 



Fumaria fungosa Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: i. 1789. 

 Adlumia cirrhosa Raf. Med. Rep. (II.) 5: 352. 1808. 

 A. fungosa Greene; B.S.P. Prel. Cat. 1SL Y. 3. 1888. 



W r eak, slender, climbing over other plants by its 

 slender petioles. Leaves 2-3-pinnate, the primary 

 divisions distant, the second more approximate, all. 

 slender-stalked ; ultimate segments lobed or entire, 

 very thin, ovate or cuneate, pale beneath ; flowers 

 numerous in axillary drooping cymes, 5"~7" l n g 3" 

 broad at the base, narrowly ovate, greenish purple; 

 capsule 2-valved, few-seeded. 



In moist woods and thickets, New Brunswick to On- 

 tario and Michigan, south to North Carolina and Ten- 

 nessee. Recorded from Kansas. Mountain-fringe. 

 Alleghany-, canary- or cypress-vine. Fairy-creeper. 

 Alleghany- or wood-fringe. June-Oct. 



3. CAPNOIDES [Tourn.] Adans. Fam. PI. 2: 431. 1763. 



[NECKERIA Scop. Introd. 313. I777-] 

 [CORYDALIS Medic. Phil. Bot. 96. 1789.] 



Erect or climbing herbs, with basal and cauline decompound leaves, and racemose flow- 

 ers, terminal, or opposite the petioles. Sepals 2, small. Corolla ^irregular, deciduous; petals 

 4, erect-connivent, one of the outer pairs spurred at the base, the interior ones narrow, keeled 

 on the back. Stamens 6, in 2 sets, opposite the outer petals. Placentae 2; style entire, di- 

 lated or lobed, persistent. Capsule linear or oblong, 2-valved. [Greek, smoke-like, in allu- 

 sion to the smoke-like odor of some species, as in Fumaria.] 



About 1 10 species, natives of the north temperate zone and South Africa. Type species: 

 Fumaria sempervirens L. 



Stems tall ; flowers pink with yellow tips. ' C. sempervirens. 



Stems low, diffuse or ascending ; flowers yellow. 

 Flowers 3" -4" long ; spur short. 



Seeds sharp-margined, wrinkled : pods drooping or spreading. 2. L. flayulum. 



Seeds blunt-margined, smooth, shining; pods ascending. 3- C.micranthum. 



Flowers 6"-8" long ; spur conspicuous. 

 Pods smooth. 



Seeds smooth or obscurely reticulated ; pods spreading, ascending or pendulous. 



