D1ADELPHIA HEXANDK1A. 
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purple colour, the 2 exterior petals concave, with a short slightly in- 
curved spur at base. Stamens 6, attached to the base of the petals. 
Germ oblong. Stigma sessile. Pod 2-valved, compressed, many seeded. 
Grows in the fissures of the rocks on the mountains. 
Flowers M a y — J uly . 
CORYDALIS. 
Petala 4, unicum 
t>asi calcar atum. Si- 
liqua bivalvis, com- 
press a, polysperma. 
i 1 . Aurea. 
C. caule ram os a, 
diffusa ; foliis glaucis, 
bipinnatisectis, lobis 
oblongo linearibus ; 
bracteis oblongis, acu- 
minatis ; siliquis line- 
aribus, pedicello quad- 
ruple longioribus. De 
Candolle. 
V ENTENAT. 
Petals 4, one bear- 
ing a spur at base. 
Pod 2-valved, com- 
pressed, many seeded. 
Stem branching, 
diffuse ; leaves glau- 
cous, doubly pinnati- 
fid, the lobes oblong, 
linear ; bracteas ob- 
long, acuminate; pods 
linear, four times as 
long as the pedicel. 
Willd. enum. 740. Fursh 2. p. 463. Nutt. 2. p, 86. De Cancf*. 
Sys. Nat. 2. p. 125. 
A plant slightly glaucous. Stern; 6 — 10 inches high, branching. Leaves 
alternate, variously dissected, segments linear, acute. Racemes opposite the 
leaves and terminal. Bracteas linear, acuminate, nearly as long as the pe- 
dicel. Calyx 2-leaved, very small. Petals yellow, about half an inch long. 
S pur straight, obtuse, much shorter than the flower. Pod compressed^ 
slightly arched, pointed with the style. 
I have specimens of this plant from Pennsylvania and from the moun- 
tains of Carolina, in the latter the flowers appear to be smaller, and the 
leaves though dissected after the manner of the genus are much less ex- 
tended and divided. 
Grows among the mountains in the fissures of rocks. 
Flowers May — July* 
