260 flora indtca. [Fumariacece . 



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 sectis subtus glaucis, racerais oppositifoliis fructiferis elongatis, petalo 

 postico apice spathulato-obcordato planiusculo sub-bifido calcar latum 

 obtusura sequante v. superante, antico lineari coucavo, lateralibus li- 

 beris, siliquis tortuosis. 



Hab. In vallibus humidis Himalayas temperatae : Sikkim, alt. 9000 

 ped.!— (Fl. Jun.) (v. v.) 



Caulis 2-3-pedalis, debilis, laxe raraosus. Folia 4 unc. vel spithamrea, lineari- 

 oblonga ; pinnis laxis, alteruis, superioribus pinnatifidis ; pinnulu obovato-oblongis 

 apiculatis grosse obtuse lobatis, pinnatifidisve, petiolo basi vix dilatato. Racemi 

 secundi, foliis sequilongi, fructiferi graciles, pedales, multiflori; bractea subulatse. 

 Sepal a minima, squamuloeformia, orbicularis fiinbriato-lacera, Petalum posticum 

 curvuin, apice dilatatum, emarginato-bifidum, lateribus recurvis ; antic am angustum, 

 coucavum, apice rotundatum emarginatum ; petala lateralia apice crassa, oblique rotun- 

 data, infra apicem coadunata ; synematis appendice libera, curva, calcaris \ sequante. 

 Ovarium lineare, stylo gracili ^equilongo. Ovula plurima, 2-seriata. Siliquce ad- 

 modum singulares, gracile pedicellate, f-1 poll.longse, 1 lin. latse, flexuosae et tortse, 

 stylo gracili elongato terminate ; valvte membranacese, torulosse. Semina parva, 

 atra, nitida, reuiformi-globosa, subcompressa ; testa punctata crassiuscula ; funiculo 

 magno elongato crasso apice acuminate 



A most remarkable species, easily recognized by the tortuous pod and the curious 

 funicle of the seed. The broad posticous petal allies it to C\ diphylla and others, 

 and the habit to C. charophylla. The spur varies a good deal in length, and the 

 appendix is quite free. The lateral petals are united at a point some way below their 

 apices, producing a gibbosity which no other Himalayan species known to us possesses. 



2. C. flaccida (H.f. et T.) ; elata, ramosa, foliis subtriteruatim 

 pinnatiseetis, pimmlis oblongis ovatis v. rotundatis, racerais brevibus, 

 sepalis late ovatis acutis erosis, petalo postico apice spathulato emar- 

 ginato-bilobo calcar curvum superante, antico apice rotundato. 



Hab. In sylvis humidis Himalayse temperatse orientalis : Sikkim, 

 alt. 11-12,000 ped.!— (Fl. Jun. Jul.) (v. v.) 



Herba robnsta, 2-3-pedalis, foliosa, ramosa; caule crassiusculo. Folia 6 -poll, 

 vel pedalia, circumscriptione ovato-oblonga v. subdeltoidea, valde membranacea, vix 

 glauca ; foliola J-f unc. lata, petiolulata, ultima sessilia, interdnm cordata, varie 

 inciso-lobata v. subpinnatifida ; segmentis obtusis, apiculatis ; caulinorum petioli basi 

 vix dilatati, radicalium subvaginantes. Racemi term in ales et axillares, 4-6-poUicares, 



basi foliolis sessilibus decompositis bracteati. Flores subconferti, breve et gracile 

 pedicellati, ^~f poll, lon^i, pallide fusco-purpurei ; bractea lineares, apice dilatati, 

 inferiores laeiniati v. foliacei. Sepala pro genere ampla. Petala exteriora fere 

 recta, planiuscula, consimilia, dorso apices versus anguste carinata, appendice crassa 

 libera calcar § aequantes, interiora infra medium superiori adnata. Ovarium elon- 

 gatum, stylum gracilem superans; ovulis plurimis. Siliqua immatura anguste li- 

 nearis, recta, stylum elongatum superans, matura (e replis persistentibus tantum 

 visis) \\ poll, longa. 



This very handsome species agrees in the structure of the flower and habit with C. 

 ophiocarpa, but differs in the more compound not glaucous leaves, smaller, broader, 

 more laciuiate pinnules, axillary or terminal short racemes, which have not secund 

 flowers, larger, very different bracts, purplish flowers, large sepals, keeled upper and 

 lower petals, the lateral petals being adnate to the upper, and in the form of the ovary 

 and pods. Our specimens are in flower, but we have a few with very old pods, the 

 valves and seeds of which have fallen away : from these remains, however, we con- 

 fidently place it in the present section. 



3. C. leptocarpa (H.f. et T.) ; caule breviusculo debili vage rainoso, 



