PUMARIACEiE. (fUMITOET FAMILT.) 27 



!• ADIilJMIAj Raf. Cmmbing Fomitoet. 



Petals all permanently united in an orate corolla, 2-saccate at the base, be. 

 coming dry and persistent, enclosing the small few-seeded pod. Seeds not 

 crested. Stigma 2-crested. Stamens diadelphous. — A clunbing biennial vine, 

 ■with thrice-pinnate leaves, cut-lobed delicate leaflets, and ample panicles of 

 drooping whitish flowers. (Dedicated by Eafinesque to Major Adlum.) 



1. A. cirrhosa, Kaf. (Corydalis fungosa, Vent.) — Wet woods; com- 

 mon westward. July -Oct. — A handsome vine, with delicate foliage and pale 

 flesh-colored blossoms, climbing by the tendrU-like young leafstalks over high 

 bushes ; cultivated for festoons and bowers in shaded places. 



2. DIC:E]VTBA, Bork. Dutchman's Beeeches. 



Petals slightly united into a heart-shaped or 2-spurred corolla, either decidu- 

 ous or withering. Stigma 2-crested and sometimes 2-horned. JFilaments slightly 

 imited in two sets. Pod 10-20-seeded. Seeds crested. — Low, mostly stem- 

 less perennials, with ternately compound and dissected leaves, and racemose 

 nodding flowers. Pedicels 2-bractod. (Name from dls, twice, and Kfvrpov, a 

 spur.) 



1. D. Cucullaria, DC. (Ddtchman's Beeeches.) GranukUe-iiillous ; 

 lobes of the leaves linear ; raceme simple, few-flowered ; corolla with 2 divergent 

 spurs longer than the pedicel ; crest of the inner petals minute. — Rich woods, es- 

 pecially westwai-d. April, May. — A very delicate plant, sending up in early 

 spring, from the cluster of little grain-like tubers crowded together in the form 

 of a scaly bulb, the finely cut long-stalked loaves and slender scape, the latter 

 bearing 4-10 pretty, but odd, white flowers tipped with cre.am-color. 



2. D. Canadensis, DC. (Squireel-Coen.) Subterranean shoots 

 tuberiferous ; leaves and raceme as in No. 1 ; corolla merely heart-shaped, the 

 spurs very short and rounded ; crest of the inner petals conspicuous, projecting. — 

 Rich woods, Maine to Wisconsin and Kentucky, especially northward. April, 

 May. — Tubera scattered, round, flattened, as large as peas or grains of Indian 

 Corn, yellow. Calyx minute. Flowers greenish-white tinged with red, with the 

 fragrance of Hyacinths. 



3. D. eximia, DC. Subterranean shoots scalg ; divisions and lobes of 

 the leaves broadly oblong ; raceme compound, clustered ; corolla oblong, 2-saccate 

 at the base ; crest of the inner petals projecting. — Rocks, W. New York, rare 

 {Thomas, Sartwell), and Alleghanies of Virgmia. May- Aug. — A larger plant 

 tlian the others. Plowers reddish-purple. 



3. COieYI>AI,IS, Vent. Cortdalis. 



Corolla 1-spurred at the base (on the upper side), deciduous. Style persist- 

 ent. Pod many-seeded. Seeds crested. Flowers in racemes. Our species 

 are biennial and leafy-stemmed. (The ancient Greek name for the Fumitory.) 



1. C. aturea, Willd. (Golden Coetbalis.) Stems low, spreading ; rsi- 

 cemes simple ; spur incm-ved ; pods pendent ; seeds with a scalloped crest. — 



