jfumitor? family. 



Pale Corydalis. Corydalis glaiica. 



Found in woodsy, rocky places during June and July. 



The erect and leafy stalk grows from 6 to 15 inches in height, and 

 is slender and smooth, with a slight bloom, which makes its color a pale 

 or whitish-green. 



The pretty leaf is not large ; it is compound, its 3 leaflets being 

 sub-divided and cut into deep scallops on the entire edges ; the ribs are 

 very delicate, the texture thin and fine and smooth ; in color, a cool 

 green, the underside whitened by a pale bloom. The lower leaves are 

 on slender, smooth stems, and the upper clasp the stalk ; they are placed 

 alternately. 



The flower is small, fragile and smooth in texture, and hung 

 upside down; the corolla, like a one-sided flat bag with a round 

 bottom and a 2-lipped mouth, is pale pink, the lips being golden ; the 

 2-parted calyx is pinkish. Three or four flowers hang in terminal , 

 groups on slender reddish stems. 



The seed-pod is out of all expectation long, frequently over an 

 inch in length, but very slender. The whole plant has a smooth dainti- 

 ness, and especially is the leaf pretty. 



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