280 CLASS XVII. ORDER 11. 



DIADELPHIA. 



HEXANDRIA. 



305. FUMARIA. 

 FuMARiA OFFICINALIS. L. CommoTi Fumitorif. 



Spikes loose ; capsules globose, emarginate ; stem 

 spreading; leafets wedge lanceolate. 



A small glaucous plant not uncommon about gardens and cul- 

 tivated grounds. Leaves twice pinnate, the leafets dilated up- 

 ward. Flowers rose colored with crimson tips. Pod one seeded. 

 — Flowers all summer. — Probably introduced. — Annual. 



306. CORYDALIS. 

 CoRYDALis GLAUCA. PuTsh. Glaucous Cori/dalis. 



Stem erect, branching, leaves glaucous, those of the 

 stem biternate ; bractes minute; nectary single; si- 

 liques linear, three times as long as their stalk. 

 Syn. FuMARiA sempervivens. L. 



This delicate plant is found upon rocky hills in Roxbury and 

 Brookline, beginning to flower in the early part of May. The 

 whole plant has a smooth, glaucous appearance. Root fusiform. 

 Stem erect, hollow, minutely dotted with purple and green, and 

 covered with fine glaucous bloom. Leaves from the root and 

 stem, subdivided in a pinnate manner ; the leafets smooth, and 

 variously cut, often tipped with purple. Flowers in a panicle 

 or compound raceme, beautifully shaded with flesh color and 

 yellow. Calyx of two serrate, ovate, acuminate leaves. Corolla 

 placed transversely, its base a single rounded spur, its mouth 

 closed and consisting of four lips, the two lateral ones cohering 

 at their tips. Stamens in two bundles of three each. Germ 

 long, linear, curved upward., Siliques linear, slender. — Biennial ? 



CoRYDALis FUNGOSA. Pers. Climbing Corydalis. 



Stem climbing; leaves furnished with tendrils; 



