YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 
into five or more, generally oval leaflets, which are 
arranged alternately, and have their margins irregu- 
larly scalloped. The under surface has a whitish 
bloom, and is strongly ribbed and veined, the veination 
showing through on the upper side. They set grace- 
fully on short, weak, hairy stems. The seed pod is 
long and slender, and often measures two inches in 
length. It is smooth and two-parted, and splits 
upward from the bottom when matured. The Celan- 
dine blossoms from .April to September throughout 
the Eastern States. The name is derived from the 
Greek Chelidon, a swallow, and was used by 
Dioscorides, because, it is said, the flowers appeared 
in the spring when the swallows arrived, and per- 
ished in the fall when these birds departed. For 
this reason it is also called Swallow-wort. 
GOLDEN CORYDALIS 
Corydalis aiirea. Fumitory Family. 
This bright yellow-flowered Corydalis blossoms ear- 
lier than the Pink species, and is found along rocky 
woodland banks and in recent clearings from Quebec to 
Mackenzie, and south to Oregon, Arizona, Texas, Mise 
souri, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. It is commonly low 
and spreading. The leaves are mostly short-stemmed, 
and are finely cut and divided, with the leaflets more 
wedge-shaped or broader than those of the latter 
species. The conspicuously spurred and nearly hori- 
zontal flowers are about half an inch long. They 
are golden yellow in colour, and the outer petals are 
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