The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and TennesseeGray, Asa
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The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee
Gray, Asa
Plants -- United States
1. C. glaùca, Pursh. (PALE CORYDALIS.) Racemes panicled; spur of the
corolla very short and rounded; pods erect, slender, elongated.--Rocky
places; common; 6´--2° high. May--Aug.
[*][*] _Low, ascending; flowers yellow._
[+] _Outer petals wing-crested on the back._
2. C. flávula, DC. Pedicels slender, conspicuously bracted; corolla pale
yellow, 3--4´´ long, spur very short; tips of the outer petals pointed,
longer than the inner; crest 3--4-toothed; pods torulose, pendulous or
spreading; seeds acutely margined, rugose-reticulated; aril
loose.--Penn. to Minn., and southward.
3. C. micrántha, Gray. Pedicels short and bracts small; corolla pale
yellow, 4´´ long, with short spur and entire crest, or flowers often
cleistogamous and much smaller, without spur or crest; pods ascending,
torulose; seeds obtuse-margined, smooth and shining.--N. Car., Mo.,
Minn., and southward.
4. C. crystállina, Engelm. Pedicels short, erect; corolla bright yellow,
8´´ long, the spur nearly as long as the body; crest very broad, usually
toothed; pods terete, erect, densely covered with transparent vesicles,
seeds acutely margined, tuberculate.--S. W. Mo. and southward.
[+][+] _Outer petals merely carinate on the back, not crested._
5. C. aùrea, Willd. (GOLDEN C.) Corolla golden-yellow, ½´ long,
the slightly decurved spur about half as long, shorter than the
pedicel; pods spreading or pendulous, becoming torulose; seeds
obtuse-margined.--Rocky banks, Vt. to Penn., Mo., Minn., and westward.
Var. occidentàlis, Engelm. Flowers rather larger, the spur nearly as
long as the body; pods less torulose, on short pedicels; seeds acutish
on the margin.--Neb. and Kan. to W. Tex. and westward.
4. FUMÀRIA, Tourn. FUMITORY.
Corolla 1-spurred at the base. Style deciduous. Fruit indehiscent,
small, globular, 1-seeded. Seeds crestless.--Branched and leafy-stemmed
annuals, with finely dissected compound leaves, and small flowers in
dense racemes or spikes. (Name from _fumus_, smoke.)
F. OFFICINÀLIS, L. (COMMON FUMITORY.) Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute,
sharply toothed, narrower and shorter than the corolla (which is
flesh-color tipped with crimson); fruit slightly notched.--Waste places,
about dwellings. (Adv. from Eu.)
ORDER 10. CRUCÍFERÆ. (MUSTARD FAMILY.)
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