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Corydalis aurea, Willd. Annual, 6 in. high, commonly low and spreading: fls. golden yellow, about ½in. long, on rather slender pedicels in a short raceme; spur barely half the length of the body, somewhat decurved: caps. spreading or pendulous, about 1 in. long; seeds 10-12, turgid, obtuse at margin, the shining surface obscurely netted. Rocky banks of Lower Canada and N. New England, northwest to latitude 64°, west to Brit. Col. and Ore., south to Texas, Ariz, and Mex.; not Japan. — The western forms have the spur almost as long as the body of the corolla and pass into
Var. occidentalis, Engelm. More erect and tufted, from a stouter and sometimes more enduring root: fls. larger; spur commonly ascending: caps, thicker; seeds less turgid, acutish at margins. Colo., New Mex., W. Texas, Ariz.
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