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Corydalis.] IX. FUMARlACEiE. 123 



C. Hamiltoniana, Don Syst Gard. i. 142. C. Griffithii, Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 2, 



No. 1, p. 15 ; Grijit/i Tc, Fl. Ind. Or. t. 658, f. 23. 



Western Himalaya, alt. 6-10,000 ft., from Kumaon to Marri, Fleming. ^Dibtrib, 

 ilts. of the Levant, W. Asia, and Soongaria. 



Sootst och shnder. Stem 'S~S m,^ erect, simple. Leaves 2-3, subsessile ; segments 

 small rounded in much-divided leaves, more commonly J-1 in., ovate-oblong or linear, 

 entire or lobed, much veined. Flowers |-1 in. long, bright purple, tips dark ;'^ bracts 

 i^ V^ ^^nceolate, veined, shorter than [the pedicels. Sepals minute. Style shorter 

 tflan the oblong ovary ; stigma dilated. ^Capsule J in., ovate-oblong. 



Vae. 1 ; posticous petal dilated upwards very obtuse mucronate or emarginate. 



Var. 2; posticous petal narrow concave acute. — C. verticillaris, DQ, Prodr, i. 126. 





5. C. cachemiriana, Royle III 69, t. 16, f. 1 ; radicalleaves palmately 

 3^-partite, cauline usually alternate 3-6-partite, flowers subumbellate, 



n^^^i ^l^^^^ 3-fid, posticous petal about equalling the curved spur. //./ <!c 

 ^'J^L Ind. 263. 



TEurERATE and subalpine Himalaya, alt. 9-12,000 ft./ from Sikkim, H.f., to 



Bulb small, scaly. Stem 2-6 in. Radical leaves long-petioled, early withering; 



f , . f^*^ ^^« top of the stem, subsessile ; lobes J-1 in., linear, entire. Flowers 



eVr r ?' ^"^^^ ^^^® ^'*^^^ dark-blue tips; racemes terminal, 3-8-flowered; bracts 



* r/t 7 ?• pedicels. Sepals minute. Posticous petal concave, acute or acuminate. 



^«p«u/e linear-oblong, pendulous or dcflexed. 



6. C. polygrallna, H.f.&T. Fl. Ind. 263 ; simple, leaves cauline alter- 

 aie pinnate, racemes axillary and terminal 5-10-flowered, lower bracts 

 ^' posticous petal shorter than the straight obtuse cylindric spur. 



|kkim-Himalaya, alt. 14-16,000 ft., //./. . . ^ 



piirTl " ratl^cal leaves unknown. Cauline leaves 1-2 in., subsessile, pinnae in 0-6 

 Fhiifi 3^' 3-5-partite; segments 1 in., narrow-linear, coriaceous, parallel- veined. 

 Weokt^^^iJ ^^''^^ ^^^^ * ^^^^ P"''?'® ^pot; pedicels very short; upper bracts 

 Allied t h -^^^^^^^^-^ P^^^l vaulted, acute, wing narrow. Capsule J-J m., oblong.— 

 and wiV' i ^'*^^^^^*^' but distinguished by the habit, alternate leaves, axillary racemes, 

 ^^nged tips of the petals. 



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Wall. 



entire n i- ^^^ narrow, racemes terminal many-flowereci, ora 

 V 264 *^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^"2^^ *^^^ ^^^ ^^^^* obtuse spur. //./. 



im, II. /. 



stm^U^f J^^"^^^^^^^ ^^*- 12-14,000 ft.; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, B 

 lirieht vMi * . /'^«"e« 4-1 in., linear-lanceolate, bract-like. Fbwers ^ ^ .„ 

 ''^Ifasw'^ d'*^ P"''?'® tips J racemes 2-3 in. ; pedicels ^-1 in., slender; bracts 

 i \ oblono- • *^^^*^^^^ P^^^d very convex, back broadly winged. Capsules (unnpe) 



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lom? .*"'''"*' i'ecafe very convex, uacK oroauiy 

 & in much elongate racemes, pedicels deflexed. 



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»egm?nt« *^"'"«"a' ^%^e III 68 : leaves all radical 2-3 pinnatisect, 

 Thetf^^ow or broad, racer " " " '--— - 



, C eS^i°f the pedicels. 



S, • 'P^^^y«ii?olia, by errcyr). 



•'^""^o'T^ ^"^ I'emperate Himalaya, ascending to 14,000, ft, from Garwtal, 

 "* '^12 in, rather stout, leafless. Leaves 1-4 in. aiam., orbicular, pmnae long- 



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