The species, so far as is known, is confined to a very 
circumscribed area, though it is possible that it may 
extend westward from the localities where it has been 
found into the forbidden territory of Alpine Nepal. It 
has as yet only been met with in the places where it was 
originally found; even there it is extremely local, and is 
confined to spots where there are vertical cliffs into the 
clefts of which its stout rootstocks push horizontally, the 
rosette of much-cut Corydalis-like leaves being closely 
applied to the face of the rock. The rocks which it affects 
are moist, but it is not met with in places that are exposed 
to direct rain. 
In cultivation at Edinburgh the rosette of leaves las 
persisted during the winter months. The contrast between 
the golden-yellow anthers and the dark blue filaments is 
the most striking feature in the flowers of this species. 
Descr.—A perennial, almost glabrous herb; rootstock 
stout, fusiform, the neck clothed with leaf-sheaths. 
Leaves many, radical, 2-4 in. long, 2-3-jugately pinnati- 
sect, with small, ovate-oblong segments, the petiole 1-25 
in. long, somewhat sheathing towards the base. Flowers 
numerous, on simple 1-flowered scapes 14-3 in. long. 
Sepals 2, ovate, $ in. long, glabrous. Petals 4, or casually 
5, pale blue, wide ovate, 1% in. long, 14 in. across. 
Stamens numerous, several seriate, the filaments slender, 
distinct, deep blue. Ovary 5—6-carpelled, usually sparingly — 
setose, oblong, + in. Jong; style short but distinct ; 
placentas intruded; ovules many. Capsule, when ripe, 
somewhat pyriform, ? in. long; seeds small, finely re- 
ticulated.—D. Pratn. 
Figs. 1 and 2, stamens; 3, pistil:—all enlarged. 
