462 
©lADELtHiA PENTANDRU. Petalostemiim. 
Aug. V. V. Flowers white. This singular plant ap- 
pears, at first sight, to belong to the class Syngenesia, 
and certainly is the connecting link between that clas*» 
and the present. 
Cucullana. 
II. HEXJNDRIA. 
558. CORYDALIS. Vent, choix de pi, I9. 
Fumaria. Gera. p/. 1154. 
* Corollis hicalcaratis. Perizomanthi. 
1 . C. scapo nudo, racemo simplici secundo, nectariis div^- 
ricatis longitudine corollae, stylo incluso, radice bulbosa. 
■—Pers. syn. 2. p. 269 . 
Fumaria Cucullaria. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 857* 
Icon. Bot. mag, 1127- AoZ?. ic. 222 . Pluk. aim. t. 90 . 
/• 3. 
On the side of shady hills, in rich vegetable mould, 
among rocks : Canada to Virginia. May. v.v. 
Flowers white, with a yellow mouth. This singularly 
constructed flower is known among the inhabitants by 
the name of Breeches -flower or Yellow -breeches ; and 
as I consider that all those species with two spurs or 
nectaries might form, with propriety, a good genus, 
I have given it the name of Perizomanthus . 
formosa. 
2 . C. scapo nudo, racemo subcomposito nutante multifloro, 
nectariis brevissimis incurvis, stylo porrecto, laciniis 
foliorura oblongis inciso-pinnatifidis, radice tuberosa. 
Icon, Bot. rep. 393. Bot. mag. 1335. sub Fumaria. 
In Canada, and on the highest peaks of the Virginia and 
Carolina mountains, in the cliffs of shady rocks. 1/ . 
May— July. v. v. Flowers a lively bright red. This 
elegant perennial deserves a place in every collection. 
The Canada plant is somewhat different in aspect from 
the Virginian, but not sufficiently distinct to make it a 
species. 
ienuifolia. 
3. C. scapo nudo, racemo simplici nutante paucifforo, nec- 
tariis brevissimis incurvis, stylo longe exerto, foliis te- 
nuissime laciniatis, radice tuberosa. 
On the north-west coast. % . June. v. s. in Herh 
