Corydalis.] flora indica. 



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petiolulatis ampKs lobatis, scapo aphyllo v. 1-foliato, racemo 6-8-floro, 

 bracteis late obovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, floribus (in genere maxirnis) 

 calcare obtuso, petalo superiore cucullato dorso late alato, ala secus 

 calcar producta. 



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Kumaon 



Radix elongata, simplex v. divisa. Folia radicalia petiolo basi vaginante gracili, 

 limbo 2-3-pollicari, \\-2 poll, lato, segmentis pinnulisve $ poli. latis late obovatis 

 cuneatisve, varie grosse lobatis, lobulis obtusis mucronatisve. Scapus foliis sequi- 

 longus, plerumque nudus. Racemus 1-2-pollicaris. Bractece magna, pedicelJis lon- 

 giores brevioresve. Flores pollicares, ob alam latam petalomm latiores quam in con- 

 generibus. Sepala late ovata. Petala lata, subacuta, dorso apice late alata. Siliqtia 

 immatura stylo brevior. 



The large broad leaflets of this plant resemble those of C. Marschalliana and C. 

 paoniafolia. The flowers are the largest of any species known to us. Our speci- 

 mens are not very good, and the species may possibly be more properly referable to 

 the section including €. rut&folia. 



11. C. Govaniana (Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 55) ; radice crassa bi- 

 tricipite, foliis radicalibus plurimis longe petiolatis decomposite pinna- 

 tisectis glaucis segmentis cuneato-laneeolatis acutis, scapo nudo v. pau- 

 cifoliato, racemo dense nmltifloro, floribus bracteis foliaceis obcuneatis 

 laceris occlusis. — Wall. Cat. 1431 ! an Royle, III. 69. 1. 15./. 2 (mala)? 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali temperata, alt. 8-12,000 ped.: a Ku- 

 maon, Govan! ad Kashmir! — (Fl. Jun.) (v. v.) 



Herba robnsta, palmaris v. bipedaJis, erectus, carnosus, erassns, glaucus. Radix 

 fusiformis, crassitie pollicis, apice vaginis subrigidis nitidis folionun vetustorum or- 

 nata. Folia radicalia scapo sequilonga v. breviora, petiolo elongato, lamina pinna- 

 tim decomposita, in pinnulas plurimas lobatas latitudine varias secta. Scapus cras- 

 sus, aphyllus, v. basi seu medio 1-2-foliatus, foliis interdum oppositis. Racemus 2-6- 

 pollicaris. Bract ea glaucse, foliacese, late cuneatae v. cuneato-lanceolatse, apice la- 

 cerae v. varie sectie. Fedicelli bracteis breviores. Flores pollicares, lutei. Calcar 

 corvuin, flore longius. Petala exteriora cucullata. Sepala squamacformia. Siliqua 

 immatura obovato- v. lineari-lanceolata v. elliptica, stylo lougior, ^-f -pollicaris. Se- 

 mina splendentia, arillo parvo lobato. 



A handsome species, very variable in stature and in the size of all its parts, espe- 

 cially of the bracts ; it has been compared with the Siberian C. nobilis and C. brae- 

 teata, from the former of which it differs in the flowering stem being more of a 

 scape, with no cauline leaves, or few and small ones, and in the winged outer petals 

 and narrower spur. C. bracteata, again, belongs to the same section as C. ruta- 

 folia, and has no near affinity with this. 



12. C. Tibetica (H.f. et T.)j humilis, glauca, carnosula, foliis 

 plurimis decomposite pi nnatisectis, # petiolo subscarioso vaginante, pinnis 

 petiolulatis varie sectis, pinnulis acutis obtusisve, scapo rarissime diviso 

 1-phyllo, racemo terminali 3-5-floro, bracteis integris lobatis pinnati- 

 fidisve, calcare subrecto flore aequilongo, petalis exterioribus apice cu- 

 cnliatis acutis carinatis alatisve. 



Hab. In Himalaya Tibetica occidentali alpina, alt. 14-17,000 ped.: 



2 M 



