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558. Dutchman's Breeches. B'icuculla Cucullaria. (Diccn- 

 tra Cucullaria.) A delicate woods plant with a bulbous base, 

 and wholly basal dissected leaves that are pale beneath, and 

 with the ultimate segments stalked and finely dissected. 

 Flowers in a terminal raceme, cream white, the tips of the 

 spurs spreading. Nova Scotia to No. Carolina, and westward. 

 May. Fig. 558. A related plant, B. canadensis, with the tips 

 of the spurs almost touching is found at higher elevations. 

 The garden Bleeding Heart, B. eximia, has pink spurs and is 

 rare as a wild plant from western N. Y. to Georgia, and 

 westward. It sometimes escapes from cultivation eastward. 



559. Golden Corydalis, Capnoidcs aurcum. (Corydalis 

 aurca.) A weak rather sprawling herb with basal and stem 

 leaves that are dissected. Flowers as in No. 560, but pure 

 yellow, and about half as long. Pods curved and beaked. 

 In woods. Nova Scotia to Penn., and westward. April. 



560. Pink Corydalis. Capnoidcs scmpcnnrcns. {Corydalis 

 scmpcnircns.) A smooth bluish-green herb, 8-20 in. high. 

 Basal and stem leaves dissected, the ultimate segments wedge- 

 shaped and bluntly toothed or lobed. Flowers numerous, in 

 clusters at the ends of the branches, the yellow, pink-tipi:)ed 

 spurs about i in. long. Pod straight and beaked, about i^ 

 in. long. In rocky woods. Nova Scotia to Georgia and west- 

 ward. April-Sept. Fig. 560. 



561. Hedge Fumitory. Fumaria officinalis. A weak herb, 



