POPPY FAMILY. Papaveraceas. 



more than four flowers. The slender and erect stem 

 whitened with a slight bloom and often stained pinkish, 

 is 8-22 inches high. The seed-pods are erect and slen- 

 der, 1^ 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 com- 



Corydalis ^^on in the west. The compound pale 



Corydalis green leaves are beautifully cut into three- 



aurea lobed segments, and the bright deep yel- 



Golden yellow j^^ corolla is about i an inch long. The 

 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. 



A small delicate weed adventive from 

 umi ory Europe, found mostlv within the seaboard 



Fumaria '^ ' 



offlcinaUs States. The light green leaves are finely 



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

 or magenta genta-pink flowers with crimson tips are 

 „""^~ 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. 

 Local in the interior. The name from the Latin funuis, 

 smoke, in allusion to the smokelike odor of some of the 

 species. 



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