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CORY'DALIS* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Diade'lphia f, Hexa'ndria. 
Natural Order. Fumari a'cete, De Cand . — Lindl. Syn. p. 18.; 
Introd. to N;it. Syst. of Bot. p. 18. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 496.— 
Loud. Hort. Brit, p.498. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. i. 
p. 139. — Papavera'ce/e, sect. 2. Juss. Gen. PI. p. 235. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bat. p. 137. — Rosales; subord. Rhceadosa;; sect. 
Rh/eadinte ; type, Fumariace^e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 614, 
784, 847, & 852. — Corydales, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (see fig. 1.) inferior, of 2 opposite, erect, 
small, deciduous sepals. Corolla (see figs. 1 & 2.) oblong, tubu- 
lar, ringent, of 4 pelals, the upper one of which has a spur at the 
base, sometimes they are all united at the base, sometimes the 
lower one is free, and the rest united, but when they begin to 
decay, they all become free and deciduous. Filaments (see fig. 3.) 
2, awl-shaped, flat, shorter than the corolla, one within each lip. 
Anthers roundish, 3 terminating each filament. Germen (see f. 3.) 
superior, compressed, pointed. Style (see fig. 3.) terminal, thread- 
shaped. Stigma compressed, of 2 flat lobes. Pod ( capsule ) (figs. 
4 & 5.) 2-valved, compressed, oval-oblong, or strap-shaped, many- 
seeded. Seeds (fig. 6.) roundish. 
Distinguished from other genera, in the same class and order, 
by the corolla of 4 petals, one of which is spurred at the base ; and 
by the 2-valved, compressed, many-seeded pod. The genus Fu- 
maria, with which this has, till lately, been united, has an inde- 
hiscent, 1 -seeded capsule. 
Three species British. 
CORY'DALIS SO'LIDA. Solid-rooted Corydalis. Solid Bulbus 
Fumitory. 
Spec. Char. Stem simple, upright, scaly under the lower leaf. 
Leaves 3 or 4, stalked, twice ternate, their leaflets wedge-shaped or 
oblong, cut. Bracteas palmate. Root solid. 
Hook. Brit. FI. p. 316. — Cory'dalis bnlbosa, De Cand. FI. Fr. v. iv. p. 637. — 
Lindl. Syn. p. 19. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. i. p. 142 — Cory'dalis 
diyitata, Pers. Syn. v. ii. p.269. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p 701. — Fumaria 
solida, Engl. Bot. t. 1471. — Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 231. — Linn. lUS. in Sp. PI. p. 
9H3, according to Sir J. E. Smith. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 748. F’.ngl. FI. v.iii. 
p.253. — With. (7lh ed.) v. iii. p.823.— Ait. Hoit. Kew. (2nd ed.) v.iv. p. 240. — 
Purt. Midi. FI. v. iii. p. 58. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p.202. — Fumaria bulbosa, var. 
P & J. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 983. — Fumaria intermedia, With. (3id ed.) v. iii. p. 620. 
— Fumaria Halleri, Willd. Sp. PI. v. iii. p. 863. — Radix cava minor, John- 
son’s Gerarde, p. 1091. 
Localities. — In troves and thickets, rare. A doubtful native. — Cumber- 
land ; Farm-yard, Walton House : Hutchinson. Catsteads, near Brampton : 
Rev. J. Dodd. — Hants ; In a wood at Wickham, near Fareham : Rev. T. Gau- 
nii n. — Lancashire; Near Ulverstone; also between Cartmel and Kendal: 
Fig. 1. Calyx and Corolla. — Fig. 2. A front view of the Corolla, the 4 petals 
being separated and spread open at their apex. — Fig. 3. The 2 sets of Stamens, 
and the Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 4. A Pod. — Fig. 5. The same, with 
one of the valves removed, to show the situation of the seeds. — Fig. 6. A Seed 
a little magnified. 
* Korydalis, one of the Greek names of Fumitory ; it is derived from kory- 
dalos, Gr. a lark, because the spur of the flower resembles the spur of a lark. 
G. Don. t Slc Spartium scoparium; f. 77, n. f. 
