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* Corolla bigibbous or 2-spurre(i, the 2 outer petals alike ; pod severaV-seeded. 



1. Adlumia. Petals united into a spongy persistent suboordate corolla. Seeds crestleM. 



2. Dicentra. Corolla cordate or 2-spurred at base, less united. Seeds crested. 



* * Corolla with but one petal spurred at base, deciduous. 

 8. Corydalis. Pod with few to manj' crested or ariled seeds. 

 4. Fumaria. Fruit a g-lobular l-seeded nutlet. Seed crestless. 



1. ADLlTMIA Raf. Climbing Fumitory 



Petals all permanently united into a cordate-ovate corolla, becoming spongy 

 cellular and persistent, inclosing the small few-seeded i)od. Seeds not cre^sttd. 

 Stigma 2-crested. Filaments monadelpiious below in a tube which is adherent 

 to the corolla, diadelphous at the summit. — A climbing biennial, witli thrice- 

 pinnate leaves, cut-lobed delicate leaflets, and ample panicles of drooping wliite 

 or purplish flowers. (Dedicated to Major J. Adlum, amateur botanist.) 



1. A. fungbsa (Ait.) Greene. — Wet or recently burned woods; e. Qu(. to 

 Ont., Wise, and s. in the mts. to N. C. June-Oct. (A. cirrhosa Raf.) — 

 Handsome delicate vine climbing by the slender young leaf-stalks over high 

 hushes ; often cultivated, and frequently escaping. 



2. DICENTRA Bernh. 



Petals slightly cohering into a heart-shaped or 2-spurred corolla, either de- 

 ciduous or withering-persistent. Stigma 2-crested and sometimes 2-horned. 

 Filaments slightly united into two sets. Pod l()-20-seeded. Seeds crested. — 

 Low stemless perennials (as to our wild species) w'ith ternately compound and 

 dissected leaves, and racemose nodding flowers. Pedicels 2-bracted. (Name 

 from 8is, twice, and K^vrpov, a spur ; — accidentally printed Diclytra in the first 

 instance, which by an erroneous conjecture w\as changed afterwards into 



DiELYTRA.) BiKUKULLA AdaUS. BiCUCULLA Millsp. 



* Raceme simple, few-Jlowered. 



1. D. Cuculiaria (L.) Bernh, (Dutchman's Brkkches.) Scape and sl^n 

 der-petioled leaves from a sort of granulate bulb ; lobes of leaves linear ; corolla 

 with 2 divergent spurs longer than the pedicel ; crest of the inner petals mi nut f. 

 (Bicuculla Millsp.) — Rich woods, N. S. to L. Huron and Minn., s. to N. C. 

 and Mo. — A very delicate plant, sending up in early spring, from the clustei 

 of grain-like tubers crowded together in the form of a scaly bulb, the finely cut 

 leaves and the slender scape, bearing 4-10 pretty, but odd, white flowers tipped 

 with cream-color. 



2. D. canadensis (Goldie) Walp. (Squirrel Corn.) Subterranean shoots 

 bearing scattered grain-like tubers (resembling peas or grains of Indian corn, 

 yellow); leaves as' in no. 1 ; corolla merely heart-shaped, the spurs very short and 

 rounded; crest of the inner petals conspicuous, projecting. (Bicuculla Millsp.) 

 — Rich woods, N. S. to Ont. and Minn., s. to Va., Ky., and Mo. Apr., May. — 

 Flowers greenish white tinged with rose, with the fragrance of hyacinths. 



* * Bacemes compound, chistered. 



3. D. exlmia (Ker) Torr. Subterranean shoots scaly ; divisions and lobes 

 of the leaves broadly oblong ; corolla oblong, 2-saccate at the base ; crest i»f the 

 inner petals projecting. (Bicuculla Millsp.) — Rocks, w. N.Y., rare, and 

 southw. along the Alleghenies. May- Aug. — Coarser-leaved than the others; 

 scapes 1.5-2.5 dm. high. 



3. CORYDALIS [Dill.] Medic. 



Corolla 1-spurred at the base (on the upper side), deciduous. Style per. 

 distent. Pod many-seeded. Seeds crested or ariled. Flowers m racemes. 

 Our species are biennial, leafy-stemmed, and pale or glancous. (The ancient 

 Greek name for the crested lark.) Capnoides Adans Capnodes Ktze. 



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