An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . s. Verysmooth, light bluish-green, 6 to 15 in. high. Leaves 3-compound. Flowerswith one conspicuously long spur, bright golden-yellow. Woods. April-May. 3. C. flavula, (Raf.) DC. Pale Corydalis. Stem slender, smooth,pale green. 6 to 14 in. high. Leaves finely dissected. Flower yellow, witha short sjmr 4. FUMARIA, L. Much branched herbs, with finely dissected leaves and many smallflowers in long slender clusters. Calyx
An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . s. Verysmooth, light bluish-green, 6 to 15 in. high. Leaves 3-compound. Flowerswith one conspicuously long spur, bright golden-yellow. Woods. April-May. 3. C. flavula, (Raf.) DC. Pale Corydalis. Stem slender, smooth,pale green. 6 to 14 in. high. Leaves finely dissected. Flower yellow, witha short sjmr 4. FUMARIA, L. Much branched herbs, with finely dissected leaves and many smallflowers in long slender clusters. Calyx of 2 sepals, small scale-like. Petals4, both pairs approaching, the inner pair coherent at , one of theouter pair spurred. Stamens <5, in 2 groups. F. officinalis, L. (Fig. 2, pi. 53.) Fumitory. Stem smooth, veryleafy, 6 in. to 3 ft. long. Corolla flesh colored or crimson. Waste places,only occasionally; about dwellings. Introduced from Europe. Family II.—CRUCIFERAE. Mustard FamilyA large family of herbs with, generally, quite distinctive char-acters. While this is true it is not always easy for the amateurto distinguish the individual species. POPPY FAMILY 273. Plate 531. Dicentra cucullaria. 2. Funiaiia officinalis. 3. Dicentra canadensis, fungosa. 5. Corydalis sempervirens. G. C. aurea. 274 CRUCIFETIAE The corollas are all regular. All have 4 petals, equal and simi-lar, forming a cruciform flower. The sepals are also 4, and stamens are 6 in number and, unlike the corolla, are unequal,4 being longer tlian the remaining 2; in some species some of thestamens are suppressed. Pistil 1, of 8 united carpels. The fruitis almost always in a linear pod, a turn, or in short more or lesstriangular, orbicular or oblong pod, a turn. First Group Fruit pod pear-shaped, triangular or oblong, distinctly flattened con-trary to the partition. Flowers longer tlian broad. Pod oval with a notch or with a slender stjle at the apex, or with both Lepidium
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