950 CORYDALIS. [CLASS XVII. ORDER I. 
of three lobes, the two outer ones linear, ovate, obtuse. Stamens six, 
the filaments united in two sets. Jruit a two valved many seeded 
pod. 
Habitat.—Groves and hedges; at Kendal and other parts of West- 
moreland; Perry Hall, near Birmingham; Wickham, Hampshire. 
A very doubtful native. 
Perennial ; flowering in April and May. 
This is a commonly cultivated plant in groves, shady places, &c., 
and from thence has probably escaped and become naturalized. It is 
rather singular looking when in flower, from the corolla having the 
form of a small bird sitting upon a slender branch. It varies in 
colour from a deep to a pale purple, the lower lateral petals have a 
deep reddish purple spot near the apex. 
2. C. lwtea, De Cand. (Fig. 1101.) Yellow Corydalis. Root 
fibrous; stem angular, erect, branched; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets 
ovate, wedge-shaped, cut, or trifid; bracteas linear, one-third the 
length of the pedicle; pods linear, cylindrical, shorter than the 
pedicle ; seeds shining, finely granulated. 
Hooker, British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 265.—Lindley, Synopsis, p, 
19.—C. capnoides, 2. lutea— De Cand. Prod. 1. p. 129.—Fumaria 
lutea —English Botany, t. 588 —English Flora, vol. ii. p. 252. 
Root fibrous. Stem erect, about a foot high, smooth, angular, 
brittle, simple or branched, mostly of a pinkish colour. Leaves 
mostly numerous, with angular footstalks and branches, a glaucous 
green, paler beneath, bipinnate, the leaflets ovate, wedge-shaped, cut, 
and mostly of three roundish acute lobes. Inflorescence terminal 
racemes of numerous yellow flowers. Bracteas small, linear, mem- 
branous, about one-third the length of the pedicles. Calyx of two 
ovate lanceolate membranous pieces, soon falling away. Corolla 
with the upper lip acutely pointed, the margins reflexed, the base with 
a short obtuse spur, the lower lip of three pieces, the middle one 
spatulate, with a waved margin, the lateral ones oblong, lanceolate, 
all of a deeper yellow colour near the apex. /’ruit a linear cylin- 
drical pod, shorter than the pedicle. Seeds shining, rough, with 
granulations. 
Habitat—Old walls and ruins; near Castleton, Derbyshire ; 
Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire. 
Perennial ; flowering in May. 
This species, probably an outcast of gardens in our country, is not 
unfrequent in the crevices of rocks and mountains, and on old walls 
in Switzerland, the Tyrol, and the more elevated parts of Italy; itisan 
extremely pretty ornamental plant, and makes a good border flower 
in poor dry or stony situations, and flourishes well on ornamental 
yock work, &c. 
