CORYD'ALIS FLA'VULA. 
YEL.LOWISH CORYDALIS. 
Order. 
IIEXANDRIA. 
Nafjiral Order. 
FUMARIACEAi. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Russia. 
~ foot. 
April, May. 
Biennial. 
in 1838. 
No. 718. 
Korudalos, the Greek name of a lark, was 
adopted by the Greeks as the name of a species ol’ 
Fumaria, on account of the spur of the flower resem- 
bling- that of the bird. 
Under No. 262, we have noticed the transfer ol 
many of the species of the old genus Fumaria, to 
that of Corydalis. The increase of species in the 
latter genus renders it advisable that the name Cory- 
dalis should now be used, as adopted by De Can- 
candolle. The distinction between the two genera 
consists in Fumaria having a one-seeded indehis- 
cent capsule, whilst Corydalis has a many-seeded 
two-valved silique. 
This species, on its first appearance, was suppo- 
sed to be perennial, but has proved only biennial. 
Russian seeds of it were received at the Birmingham 
Garden, from Professor Ledebour, of the Dorpat 
Garden, and sown in the open ground, in 1838; in 
the following spring the plants flowei’ed, but failed 
to ripen seeds. Although less desirable, than if it 
were perennial, it may be useful for ornamenting 
shady portions of the garden and relieving their 
poverty in the early months of the year. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. 3, 111. 
Class, 
DIADELPHIA. 
