VOL. II.] 



POPPY FAMILY 



5. Capnoides montanum (Engelm.) 



Britton. Mountain Corydalis. 



(Fig. 1677.) 



Corydalis montana Engelm. ; A. Gray, Mem. Am. 

 Acad. 4: 6. 1849. 



Corydalis aurea var. occidentalis Engelm.; A. 

 Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 62. 1867. 



Capnoides aureum var. occidentale A. S. Hitch- 

 cock, Spring Fl. Manhattan, 17. 1894. 



Capnoides montanum Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 

 5: 166. 1894. 



Closely resembles C. aureum, but is lighter 

 green and the leaves are rather more finely 

 divided. Flower-clusters spicate-racemose, the 

 pedicels usually very short; flowers bright yel- 

 low, 6 // -8 // long; spur of the corolla as long as 

 its body, or less; capsules spreading or some- 

 what ascending; seeds sharp-margined, shining 

 or obscurely reticulated. 



In dry soil, South Dakota to Kansas and Texas, 

 west to Oregon (? ), Utah and Arizona. April-Aug. 



6. Capnoides curvisiliqum 



(Engelm.) Kuntze. Curved-fruited 



Corydalis. (Fig. 1678.) 



Corydalis cun-isiliqua Engelm.; A. Gray, Man. 



Ed. 5, 62. 1867. 

 Capnoides cunnsiliqum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 



PI. 14. 1891. 



Similar to the two preceding species, often 

 rather taller than either. Flowers spicate or 

 spicate-racemose, about S" long, conspicu- 

 ous, bright yellow; spur of the corolla con- 

 spicuous ; pods curved upward, very short- 

 pedicelled, stout, somewhat 4-sided; seeds 

 sharp- margined, finely and distinctly reticu- 

 lated. 



South Dakota to Nebraska, Texas and Chi- 

 huahua. April-June. 



7. Capnoides crystallinum (Engelm.) Kuntze. 

 Vesicular Corydalis. (Fig. 1679.) 



Corydalis crystallina Engelm.; A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 62. 

 1867. 



Capnoides crystallinum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 14. 1891. 



Erect or ascending, glabrous, 8 / -2o / high, branching. 

 Lower leaves slender-petioled, the upper sessile, all 

 finely dissected into oblong or cuneate segments; pedi- 

 cels stout, short, diverging; flowers spicate, 6"-8 // long, 

 bright yellow; spur 3"-4" long; crest large, dentate; 

 capsules 9" long, ascending or erect, densely covered 

 with transparent vescicles; seeds acute-margined, reticu- 

 lated. 



Prairies, Missouri and Arkansas. April-June. 



