F.UMITORY FAMILY. Fumar/ace*. 



more than four flowers. The slender and erect stem 

 whitened with a slight bloom and often stained pinkish, 

 is S-22 inches high. The seed-pods are erect and slen- 

 der, Ij inches long. In rocky situations, from Me., 

 south to N. Car., and west to Minn. Found in the 

 Middlesex Fells, near Boston. 



A golden yellow-flowered species cem- 

 Golden . 



Corydalis mon in the west. The compound pale 



Corydalis green leaves are beautifully cut into three- 



aurea lobed segments, and the bright deep yel- 



Golden yellow low coro n a i s a b O ut J an inch long. The 

 March-May , , . , , ,. , , , 



seed-pod is beady in outline, slightly 



curved, and stands at an angle relatively with its neigh- 

 bors. The slender stem 6-14 inches high. In woodlands 

 from Me., south to Pa., and west to Wis. and Neb. 



The var. occidentalis has larger flowers, with the spur a 

 trifle shorter than the body. The pod less lumpy or 

 contracted about the seed, the latter acute-edged. Bar- 

 rens and prairies, Mo. west and southwest. 

 Corydalis ^ slender and smooth species, the flower- 



flavula stems particularly delicate, and the tiny 



Light yellow flower a pale golden yellow, the spur only 

 May-June _i_ i ncn long, outer petals sharp-pointed 



and slightly longer than the inner ones. Pods droop- 

 ing. 6-12 inches high. N. Y. to Minn, and La. 



Like the preceding but the flower scarcely 

 Corydalis spurred, and the slight crest not toothed, or 



micrantha often ite a b se nt. Pods nearly upright. 



March-April , . 



Va. to Minn., Kan., and Tex. 



Corydalis Flowers much larger, f inch long, a 



crystallina deep bright yellow, spur as long as the 



Deep yellow body, stem short. 8-18 inches high. 



April-June Mo ? Kan ? and Ark> 



A small delicate weed adventive from 



Europe, found mostly within the seaboard 

 Fumarta 



officinalis States. The light green leaves are finely 



Crimson=pink cut, and the small crimson-pink or ma- 

 or magenta genta-pink flowers with crimson tips are 

 S U "t ~ b borne in a dense, long, narrow spike. The 



reclining stem 6-20 inches long. Waste 

 places and near or in old gardens, from Me. to Fla. 



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