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3. P. dubium, L. Smaller than fee last, and the lobes 

 of the leaves narrower. Pod oblong,, narrowed at the base. 

 Corolla a paler red. — ^Ballast-heaps,t Atl. Prov. 



Ordek IX. FUMARIA'CE^. (Fumitory Family.) 



Smooth herbs, with brittle stems, watery juice, dissected 

 leaves, and irregular flowers. Sepals 2, vei-y small. Corolla 

 flattened and closed, of 4 petals, the two inner united by 

 their tips over the anthers of the 6 stamens. Stamens in 

 two sets of 3 each ; filaments often united ; the middle 

 anth«r of each sot 2-oelled, the ot"hers 1-oelled. Fruit a 

 1-celled pod. 



Synopsis of the Gcucrsi. 



1. Adiii'nilii. Corolla 2-sparred. Petals all permanently united. I'lant 



climbing. 



2. Dlceii'trai, Corolla 2-spun'ed. Petals slightly united, easily sepa- 



rated. Not clinnbing:. 



3. Coryd'alls. Corolla 1-spnrred. Fruit a slender pod, many-seeded. 



4. Fniun'rla. Corolla l-spurred. Fruit a globular 1-seeded nutlet, 



Indehiscent. 



1. ADIIJ'MIA, Raf. Climbinq Fumitokt. 



A. eirrho'sa, Kaf. A smooth vine, climbing by the peti- 

 oles of its decompound leaves. Flowers in axillary pendu- 

 lous clusters, pale pink, — Low and shady grounds, and rocky 

 woods. 



a. DICEK'TJKA, Borkh. Dutchman's Breeches. 



1. D. Cueullaria, DC. (Dutchman's Breeches.) Leaves 

 all radical, multifid ; these and the slender scapes rising 

 from a bulb-like rhizome of coarse grains. Flowers several 

 in a raceme, whitish', spkirs divergent, elongated, acute, 



straight.^— RiQh. wooda. V 



madensis, DC. fl^so 



2. D. Canadensis, DC. ^oirrel Corn.) Underground 

 shoots bearing small yellow tubers, something like grains 

 of corn. Leaves very much as in No. 1. Corolla merely 

 heart-shaped ; spurs very short and rounded. Flowers green- 

 ish-white, fragrant. — Kich woods. 



