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Plate 52. 

 CORYDALIS, Vent., Bernh. 



Corolla unicalcarata, ringens, decidua. Capsula silkmosa, 

 polysperma, stylo persistente. Semina crista concava saspe 

 conchiformi strophiolata. — Caulis ramosus e radice subsim- 

 plici. 



Corydalis, Vent, ex DC. Bernh. in Linnaja, 7. p. 604. (non Neck.) 

 Corydalis, Sect. Capnoides, DC. Syst. 2. p. 122. excl. C. Capnoides. 

 Corydalis, Sect. Capnites, Endl. Gen. 4839. non DC. 

 Fumarij: Sp., Linn. Juss. Lam. 



Calyx of 2 very small sepals resembling bractlets, decid- 

 uous. Corolla of 4 hypogynous petals, deciduous, irregu- 

 lar, ringent at the summit, where the two exterior are alike, 

 the larger (and in the full-grown flower becoming the upper) 

 one alone calcarate or saccate at the base : the two interior 

 opposite the sepals, similar, much smaller than the exte- 

 rior which inclose them, unguiculate, spoon-shaped, then- 

 concave tips cohering over the stigma and anthers, their keel 

 enlarging into a salient dorsal crest at the summit. Stamens 

 6, diadelphous, hypogynous, one set inserted opposite each 

 outer petal ; the filaments united nearly to the tip into a di- 

 lated membranaceous synema : the middle anther of each 

 set two-celled, the lateral one-celled (as in Dicentra, &c). 

 A hypogynous gland or spur just under the insertion of the 

 corresponding synema projects into the spur or sac of the 

 upper petal. Ovary one-celled, with two parietal placentae 

 opposite the inner petals : style subulate : stigma flattened 

 and two-lobed contrary to the placentae. Ovules indefinite, 

 horizontal, alternately inserted in a single row upon each 

 placenta, nearly amphitropous ; the raphe superior. 



Capsule siliqueeform, one-celled, tipped with the persist- 

 ent style and stigma, several — many-seeded, two-valved ■ 

 the valves separating from the replum formed of the persist- 



