. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CORYDALIS half the length of the body, somewhat decurved : cap- sules spreading or pendulous, about 1 in. long ; seeds 10-12, turgid, obtuse at margin, the shining surface ob- scurely netted. Rocky banks of Lower Canada and N. New England, northwest to latitude 64°, west to Brit. Col. and Ore., south to Tex., A
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CORYDALIS half the length of the body, somewhat decurved : cap- sules spreading or pendulous, about 1 in. long ; seeds 10-12, turgid, obtuse at margin, the shining surface ob- scurely netted. Rocky banks of Lower Canada and N. New England, northwest to latitude 64°, west to Brit. Col. and Ore., south to Tex., Ariz, and Mex.; not Jap.— The western forms have the spur almost as long as the body of the corolla and pass into Var. occidentilis, Engelm. More erect and tufted, from a stouter and sometimes more enduring root: fls. larger; spur commonly ascending: capsules thicker; seeds less turgid, acutish at margins. Colo., New Mex., W. Tex., Ariz. Cult, by Andrews, Boulder, Colo., who considers it biennial. curvislliqua, Engelm. Probably a biennial. Com- monly more robust than C. a urea, ascending or erect, 1 ft. high or less: fls. golden yellow, over J^ in. long, in a spike-like raceme ; spur as long as the body, com- monly ascending ; capsules quadrangular, 114 in. long ; seeds turgid to lens-shaped, with acute margins densely and minutely netted. Woods in Tex. Cult, by D. M. Andrews, Boulder, Colo. liltea, DC. Erect or spreading, 6-8 in. high, annual, or forming a tufted stock of several years'duration : Ivs. delicate, pale green, much divided ; segments ovate or wedge-shaped, and 2-3-lobed : fls. pale yellow, about J^ in. long, in short racemes; spur short : pod a fourth or third of an inch long. Stony places of S. Eu., and runs wild in Eu. Sehweigg. & Kort. (probatily a form of C. tuberosa, DC.) is somewhat Lirger than C. bulbosa, with pretty fls. vary- ing into purplisli and white. Eu.— 0. ScoAleri. Hook., grows 3 ft., and is cult, in some European gardens. W.
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