CLASS XVII. ORDER 11. 281 



racemes axillary : corymbs nodding, corollas monope- 

 talous, bigibbous at base. 

 Syn. FuMARiA fungosa. Willd. 



FUMARIA RECTA. Mx. 



Adlumia cirrhosa. De Cand. 

 Stem smooth, striated, climbing. Leaves decompound-pin- 

 nate, the segments twice ternate, the leafets obtusely three 

 lobed, smooth, paler beneath ; the partial petioles reflexed, and 

 serving the purpose of tendrils. Flowers in axillary racemes, 

 pale flesh colored. Peduncles clavate. Calyx of two minute 

 deciduous leaves. Corolla flesh colored, oblong ovate, com- 

 pressed, slightly hearted at base, fungus or cellular with two 

 internal cavities, tapering to a neck and ending in two cordate 

 lips, and two smaller lateral spatulate lips cohering at top, Avith 

 two bundles of three or four stamens each inside. Germ linear, 

 with a bifid, four toothed, flabelliform stigma. Silique many 

 seeded. Brought to the Botanic garden from the state of Maine. 

 It flowers all summer, forming handsome festoons and bowers. — 

 Perennial. 



CoRYDALis cucuLLARiA. Pcrs. Du/th/nan's Breeches. 



Scape naked; raceme simple, one sided; nectaries 

 two, divaricate, as long as the corolla : style included ; 

 root ttiberous. 

 Syn. Fumaria cucullaria. L. 



DiELYTRA CUCULLARIA. Dc Cdlld. 



A delicate, fine leaved plant. Pvoot solid, being a collection of 

 small, solid bulbs or tubers, of different sizes inclosed in a com- 

 mon scaly sheath. Leaves radical, somewhat glaucous, ternate, 

 the divisions bipinnate, the last subdivisions linear-oblong. Flow- 

 ers in a short, unilateral raceme, white with yellowish tips. 

 Calyx small, of two linear and two ovate leaves. Nectaries 

 two, obtuse, diverging sacs, longer than the peduncle, united to 

 form the corolla above. Petals or lips of the corolla two, each 

 giving rise to three stamens. Capsule narrow-ovate. — Woods. — 

 Jafirey, New Hampshire. — June — Perennial. 

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