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ohtn<^r gpnr. Capsule J-4 in., linear, or linear obovate, style very sbort. — Very variable, 

 an(7 possibly a form of C ramosa. Wallich's figure of C. hngipes is unlike^ his specimen 

 or those of any other plant, and is probably made up of several allied species 



VJ. C. comuta, Royle III 69 ; glaucous, decumbent, branched, leaves 

 2-3-pinnate, pinnse cuneate-obovate or oblong, racemes terminal many- 

 flowered dense elongate, bracts small entire or cut. spur straight or X\$ 

 Looked, seeds opaque. H.f.&T.Fl.Ind.^m. 0. Aeh]\x^, Edgew. in Tran^ 



Linn. Soc, xx. 30. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 8-10,000 ft., from Kumaon, Strach, & WinL, to Kashmir, 



Habit of C. ramosa and sihirica. Leaves long-petioled, ultimate segments 3-o^a, 

 lobes rounded. Flowers \-\ in., yellow, tips purple ; racemes 1-3 in. Posticous p^(t* 

 convex, acute, dorsally winged, shorter than the cylindrlc spur. Caj?«w?e-^ variable, 

 linear obovate or obovate-oblong ; style short, persistent ; pedicels short deflexed. 



18. C- chaerophylla, BC. Prodr. i. 128 ; stem erect leafy branched, 

 leaves deltoid decompound, racemes terminal panicled, lower bracts leaty, 

 spur slender. Wall Cat, 1428 : Tent Fl Nip. t. 40 (spur too short); -W» 

 Prodr. 198 ; H.f. <t T. Fl Ind. 269. C. geraniifolia, //./. (k T. Fl Ind, 269. 



Temperatb Himalaya, alt. 6-10,000 ft.; from Sikkim to Kumaon. 



Stem 2-4 ft., branched above. Leaves pale beneath ; lower and radical &-10 i";i 

 long-petioled, upper subsessile, lower pinnse petioled, second and third decurreiit, ul i- 

 mate segments oblong, acute or acuminate. Flowers f in., golden-yellow, slenaer, 

 bracts oval or oblong, cut, upper entire. Posticous petal concave, acute, dorsal wing 



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pedicels short. Seeds few 



narrow, shorter than the spur. Cajpsules J in., broad-linear or liuear-obovate, spreadmgi 



7, shining. — C, geraniifolia is a large lax leafy state, with equc • 

 cut bracts and more acute segments, found in humid districts of Sikkim. 



**** Root fusiform. Stem simple or branched. Spur short saccate (ex- 

 cept 24, crassifolia). 



t Leaves 2-3~]nnnatis€ct or decompound. 



19. C. latiflora, E. f. dc T. Fl Ind. 370 ; dwarf, glaucous, stem simpK 

 leaves 2-3-pinnate caulme 2 opposite, flowers 3-6 subumbellate, bracifi 

 linear. ' ■ ^ 



Alpine Himalaya ; Tunkra pass in Sikkim, alt. 15,000 ft., H,f, .^ 



SootstocTc slender, 6-12 in., with many membranous oblong mucronate scales iy • 

 long. Stem or scape 2-4 in. Leaves many, 1-2 in., ovate or ovate-deltoid, lo^ 

 petioled ; pinnse petioled, alternate, small, linear-oblong, acute. Flowers | i». Jo"& '^ 

 broad, pale blue, tips yellow; bracts 4-1 in., equalling the pedicels. Fosticous f^ 

 broadly winged, much larger than the obtuse spur. 



branched, leaves thiA 



iii 244 ; Ic. Fl Ross. i. 66. C. astragalina, //./. ik T. Fl Ind. 270 



Westehn Tibet, alt. 14-16,000 ft. in Nari, Jacquemont and Ladak, T. T. 

 Altai Mts. 



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Rootstock crowned with ri^^yid shining leaf bases. Stem 1-2 ft. — , ^^^ 



3-6 in., petioles long, oval or oblong, glaucous, pinnules cut into linear-oblong l^ 

 Floxcers %-% in., yellow ; pedicels short, slender, pendulous ; bracts white, °^^.™ ^^^J 

 Sepals lanceolate from a broad ovate obliquely cordate fimbriate base. Posticous p^ ^ 

 nearly flat, abruptly acuminate, margins membranous, tip recurved. Capsules l-U^ '* 

 style short, rigid, ^ecfo large shining. ' " ' '■ ■ , ' ;:.'V .... 



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