SQUIRRELCORN 



Bikukulla canadensis (Goldie) Millspaugh 



Squirrelcorn is found in rich woods in spring, its beautiful, slightly- 

 scented flowers borne on a dainty stem well above the pale, feathery 

 leaves. The curious rootstock is very distinctive, bearing many small, 

 yellow tubers that resemble grains of corn. The leaves wither soon 

 after the seeds have matured, in early summer. The plant belongs to 

 the Fumitory Family, and is a near relative of dutchmans-breeches 

 and the bleedingheart of gardens. Some writers prefer to use for the 

 genus the name Dicentra. 



Squirrelcorn ranges from Virginia to Tennessee and Missouri, and 

 northward to Nebraska, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. 



The specimen sketched grew near Washington, District of Columbia. 



PLATE I36 



