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i. Bicuculla Cucullaria (L,.) Millsp. 

 Dutchman's Breeches. Sol- 

 dier's Cap. (Fig. 1669.) 



Fumaria Cucullaria L. Sp. PI. PI. 699. 1753. 

 Diclytra Cucullaria DC. Syst Veg. a: 108. 1821. 

 Dielytra Cucullaria T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 66. 1838. 

 Dicentra Cucullaria Torr. Fl. N. Y. i: 45. 1843. 

 Bicuculla Cucullaria Millsp. Bull. West Va. Agric, 

 Exp. Sta. 3: 327. 1892. 



Delicate, glabrous, s'-io' high, arising from a 

 bulbous base. Leaves all basal, pale beneath, 

 slender-petioled, ternately compound, the divisions 

 stalked and finely dissected into linear or oblanceo- 

 late segments; scape slender; raceme secund, 4-10- 

 flowered; flowers nodding, pedicelled, 6 // -8 // long, 

 8 // -io // broad at the base, white, or faintly pink, 

 yellow at the summit; spurs widely divergent. 



hi woods, Nova Scotia to Lake Huron, Minnesota and 

 Washington, south to North Carolina, Nebraska and 

 Missouri. Ascends to 4500 ft. in Virginia. April-May. 



2. Bicuculla Canadensis (Goldie) Millsp. 

 Squirrel Corn. (Fig. 1670.) 



Corydalis Canadensis Goldie, Edinb. Phil. Journ. 6: 329. 



1822. 



Diclytra Canadensis DC. Prodr. i: 126. 1824. 

 Di centra Canadensis Walp. Rep. x: 118. 1842. 

 Bicuculla Canadensis Millsp. Hull. West Va. Agric. Exp. 



Sta. 3: 327. 1892. 



Glabrous, 6'-i2' high, the rootstock bearing numer- 

 ous small tubers. Leaves all basal and nearly similar 

 to those of the preceding species, decidedly glaucous 

 beneath; scape slender; raceme 4-8- flowered; flowers 

 nodding, short-pedicelled, j"-g" long, 5" broad at the 

 base, greenish-white, purplish tinged, slightly fragrant; 

 spurs short, rounded. 



In rich woods, Nova Scotia to Lake Huron and Minne- 

 sota, south along the mountains to Virginia and Kentucky, 

 west to Missouri. May-June. 



QL: 



3. Bicuculla eximia (Ker) Millsp. Wild 

 Bleeding-heart. (Fig. 1671.) 



FuiHaria eximia Ker, Hot. Reg. i: pi. 50. 1815. 

 Diclytra ciimia DC. Syst. 3: 109. 1821. 

 Dicentra eximia Torr. Fl. N. Y. i: 46. 1843. 

 Bicuculla e.iimia Millsp. Bull. West Va. Agric. Exp. 

 Sta. a: 327. 1892. 



Glabrous, somewhat glaucous, weak, i-2 high; 

 rootstock scaly. Leaves all basal, larger than 

 those of the other eastern species, ternately parted, 

 the divisions stalked, finely piunatifid into oblong 

 or ovate segments; scape slender, about equalling 

 the leaves; raceme compound; flowers clustered 

 in cymes, slender-pedicelled, pink, nodding, 

 8"-io" long, 3 // -4 // broad at the base; spurs 

 short, rounded, incurved; outer petals spreading 

 at the apex. 



In rocky places, western New York, south to Georgia 

 and Tennessee along the Alleghanies. May-Sept. 



