MUSTARD FAMILY 99 
1. D. Cucullaria Bernh. DurcuMan'’s Breecnes, BREECHES 
Frower. A low, stemless perennial, with a delicate scape and a 
cluster of basal leaves with linear divisions, from a sort of bulb 
made of small, scaly grains. Flowers in a 4-10-flowered simple 
raceme, not fragrant. Spurs of the corolla longer than the pedicels ; 
corolla mostly white with a yellowish tip. Rich woods, common. 
2. D. canadensis Walp. SquirreL Corn, Witp Hyacintu. A 
low, stemless pereunial, with scape-and leaves much as in No. 1, and 
with small yellow tubers looking like grains of corn scattered along 
the underground shoots. Corolla only heart-shaped at the base, 
whitish or flesh-colored, very fragrant. Rich woods. 
3. D. spectabilis Lem. BieEpInc Heart, Ear Drops. Stems 
branching, recurved. Leaves large, twice compound in threes, the 
divisions rather broad, like those of the common peony. Racemes 
long, drooping, many-flowered. Flowers large, heart-shaped, bright 
pink. Cultivated from China. 
Vil. CORYDALIS Medic. (CAPNOIDES) 
Leafy-stemmed biennial herbs (the American species). 
Leaves much divided, alternate or nearly opposite. Racemes 
terminal or opposite the leaves. Sepals 2, small. Petals 4; 
corolla with a single spur at the base, on the upper side. 
Capsule many-seeded. 
1. C. sempervirens L. Pate Corypatis. Plant erect, covered 
with a bloom. Flowers pink-purple with yellow tips. Spur of the 
corolla very short and rounded. Rocky woods. 
2. C. aurea Willd. GotpEen Corypatis. A low, spreading plant, 
finally ascending. Corolla bright yellow, 1-2 in. long; the spur 
shorter than the pedicel, somewhat bent. Shaded, rocky banks. 
40. CRUCIFERZ. Mustarp Famity 
Herbs with pungent, watery juice, and alternate leaves with- 
out stipules. Sepals 4, often falling off early. Petals usually 4, 
arranged in the form of a cross. Stamens 6, the 2 outer ones 
shorter than the 4inner ones. Fruit generally a pod, divided into 
2 cells by a thin partition which stretches across from one to 
the other of the 2 placentz. The flowers throughout the family 
are so much alike that the genera and species cannot usually 
be determined without examining the tolerably mature fruit. 
