380 CORREA 



long, usually bright scarlet, but also white or yellow. 

 Shrubs, usually with dense, minute, stellate hairs: Ivs. 

 opposite, stalked, entire, and with transparent dots. C . 

 speciosa is probably the best and most variable species. 

 It is a native of barren, sandy plains, and belongs to the 

 large and much-neglected class of Australian shrubs. 



specidsa, Ait. {C 

 shrub, 2-3 ft. higli: 

 covered with miiuH' 

 in. long, elliptic, ali" 

 darl£ green abovi-. 

 curved : pedu 



^. Muell.). Tender 

 ler, brown, opposite, 

 Ivs. opposite, about 1 

 de as long, wrinkled, 



-fld., 



vithi 



pan 



IHin. long, 

 y short limb 

 I'alyx small. 



pendent, tubular, bright s<-:ni' r, \\ i!)i .i \ 

 of 4 spreading, greenish ytll.iw -. -inn,!. 

 cup-shaped, with 4 almost ulisulLtt; titt] 

 exserted, about }i in. B.M. 4912.-Ther 

 varieties. 



CORTADfiKIA. See Gyneriitm. 



COETtrSA (named by the herbalist Matthiolus after 

 his friend Cortusus, professor of botany at Padua). 

 Primul&cem. A genus of possibly 4 species of which 

 C. Matthioli, Linn., from the Swiss Alps, has longbeen a 

 choice and delicate but not very popular plant, suited 

 for shady parts of the rockery. It was long considered 

 the only species of the genus. It is an herbaceous 



CORYDALIS 



perennial, about 6 in. high, pubescent, rhizomatous, 

 with a few loliir-^talkHil. cordate, 7-I>-]obed, dentate Ivs., 

 ami a vl,.ii.l..i- s,a]ii' li.arim.' an uiiila-l of about 7 small, 

 rosy |mtp|f. ilr'>")>iii:,' li^.. w lii'-li ai'jM-ar in summer. It 

 ha-' -"iiir i-.'sriiil.laiirr f. /',•,,„„/,, ,.,rt iisMdes . The 

 genu- has [M.s-ihly 4 spt-cirs. and is rlistinguished from 



base of the corolla, and its long-acuminate anthers. 

 According to J. B. Keller, its culture is similar to that 

 of tlie hardy Primulas, but it needs winter protection in 

 the niirthern states. 



CORYANTHES (Greek Unjs, helmet, and anthos, 



flowir referring tn the shape of the lip) (hrhxldrnp 

 tribi I and Tin in 1 n i In h i 1 1 r 



the tiinin li T it j rtion bucket or pouch like column 

 pnmtii _ I «n\\ I 1 elongated terete bicornute at the 

 bi t 'I ^ I ni\ 1 pollinia 2 compressed caudicle 

 Ime ir in u tte Pseudobulbous Ivs plicate lanceo 

 late about 1 ft long The bucket part of the labellum 

 IS provided with a spout like structure by means of 

 which the bucket overflows when about half full of a 



not lasting, the sepals being of such delicate texture 

 that, though at first they fully expand, they soon collapse 

 and liecome imsightly. Although much interest attaches 

 to th.- s]iecies of Coryanthes, the genus is not generally 

 lultivati-d, sinte the fls. last too short a time and are 

 ii.it iiarti.-ularly brilliant. For culture, see Stanhopea. 



macr4ntha. Hook. Ground color rich yellow dotted 

 with red. Hood and part of bucket brownish red: fls. 

 few, in drooping racemes. Caracas. P.M. 5:31. 



macuiata, Hook. Sepals and petals dull, pale yellow, 

 bucket blotched on the inside with dull red. B.M. 3102. 

 — Var. punctita has the petals and sepals bright yellow, 

 speckled with red. the hood yellow, blotched with red- 

 dish orange, the pouch pale, speckled and spotted with 

 red. Demerara. Oakes Ames. 



COR'JDAI.IS (Greek, lark, the spur of the flower re- 

 sembling a lark's spur). FumariAcecB. A large genus 

 of hardy plants allied to the Dutchman's Breeches, and 

 with finely cut foliage of a similar character, but weedier 

 and less delicate than the Dicentras. They are all of 

 easy culture. They prefer full sunlight but will grow in 

 half-shade. Prop, by division or seed. 

 A. Fls. chiefly pnrple or rose, sometimes tipped yellow. 



B. Plant perennial : root tuberous : stem-lm. feu-. 



bulbdsa, DC. (C. sdlida, Sw.). Erect, 6 in. high : Ivs. 

 3-1, stalked, bitemately cut, segments wedge-shaped or 

 oblong: root solid: fls. large, purplish. Spring. 

 BB. Plant annual: root fibrous: stem-lvs. many. 



glailoa, Pursh. Annual, 1-2 ft. high, very glaucous : 

 lobes of the Ivs. mostly spatulate : racemes short, pani- 

 cled at the naked summit of the branches : fls. barely 

 K in. long, rose or purple with yellow tips ; spur short 

 and round : capsule slender, linear; seeds with minute, 

 transverse wrinkles. Summer. Rocky or sterile ground. 

 Nova Scotia to Rocky Mts., and even Arctic coast, 

 south to Texas. B.M. "l79.-Not advertised for sale, but 

 probably worth cult. 



AA. Fls. chiefly yellow. 



B. Plant perennial : root tuberous : stem-lvs. few. 



n6bilis, Pers. Perennial, erect : Ivs. biplnnately cut ; 

 segments wedge-shaped and lobed at the apex : fls. 

 white, tipped with yellow, and a dark purple spot; spur 

 1 in. long. Spring. Siberia. B.M. 1953, as Fumaria 

 nobilis. G.C. II. 19:725. 



BB. Plant annual or biennial: root fibrous : stem- 



ailrea, Willd. Annual, 6 in. high, commonly low and 

 spreading : tts. golden yellow, about K in. long, on 

 rather slender pedicels in a short raceme ; spur barely 



