CorydaHsJ] flora indica. 267 



bracteis pinnatisectis lobis linearibus, petalis exterioribus apice obtusis 

 dorso late v. anguste alatis. — Karel. et Kiril. En. Plant. Alt. 59, Herb. 



1188!; Led. M.Alt, i. 746. 



Hab. In Himalaya Tibetica alpina, alt. 10-15,000 ped. ; Guge, Str. 

 et Wint.! Kunavvar et Kashmir, Jacquemontf — (Fl. Jul. Aug.) (v. v.) 



Distrib. Soongaria ! 



Statura variabilis, caule simplici v. ramoso ; habitus C. Moorcroftiarus, sed dif- 

 fert racemis non glanduloso-puberulis, et bracteis magis pinnatisectis. Folia radica- 

 lia simpliciter pinnatisecta v. decomposito-bi-tripinnatisecta. Petala exteriora apice 

 alata, ala angusta v. lata, interdum ultra apicem petali producta. Siliqua et semi?ia 

 C. Moorcroftiana. — Exemplar authenticum a Karel. et Kiril. mis3um cauleui simpli- 

 cem 1-2-foliatuni exbibet, foliaque simpliciter pinnatisecta. 



We have but one authentic specimen of the Soongarian C. Gortschakovii, which 

 agrees perfectly with a small unbranched state of our Tibetan plant. Amongst a few 

 fragments of plants brought to us (when in Sikkim) from Nepalese Tibet, are racemes 

 of a Corydalis apparently intermediate between C. Moorcroftiana and C. Gortscha- 

 kovii, having the glandular pubescence of the former plant, and the bracts of the 

 latter. 



15. C. ramosa (Wall. Cat. 1434 !) ; humilis v. elata, glauca, car- 

 nosula v. membranacea, caule gracili flexuoso ramoso, foliis petiolatis in 

 segmenta linearia acuta flabellatim v. tematim bi-tri-piunatisectis, ra- 

 cemis ramos divaricatos terminautibus, calcare latiusculo obtuso flore 

 requilongo, petalis exterioribus apice cucullatis subacutis dorso alatis 

 ala angusta v. lata integra v. lacera, siliqua late elliptica, seminibus 



splendentibus. 



a. ramosa; caule elongato debili ramoso, foliorum lobis plerumque 



angustis, bracteis pinnatifidis, ala petali dorsalis lata subintegra, pedi- 



cellis elongatis. . 



p. vaginalis; caule elongato debili ramoso, foliorum lobis lationbus 

 membranaceis, bracteis pinnatilidis, ala petali dorsalis lata laciniata, 

 pedicellis elongatis. — G. vnginans, Royle, III. 68. 



y. nana; pumila, glauca, caule brevi simplici v. ramoso, folns fla- 

 bellatim pinnatisectis palmatisectisve, petalo dorsali vix alato.— C. nana, 



Royle, III. 68. 



Hab. a. et /3. Per totam Himalayam temperatam, alt. 6-12,000 ped.; 

 a Sikkim ! ad Kashmir ! a. locis editioribus ; 0. depressioribus.— y. in 

 Himalaya Tibetica alpina, alt. 12-15,000 ped. ; Kuraaon et Guge, Str. 

 et Wint.! Kunawar, Jacquemontf— (Fl. aestate.) (v. v.) 



Species plernmqne humifusa, caulibus elongatis v. locis alpinis abbreviate, 2-pollU 

 caris v. bipedalis. Radix fusiformis, elongata. Caul* sapisame debilis, laxe vage di- 

 varicatim ramosus, glancns, sicco viridis v. atro-fuscus. Folia radicaha m var .nana 

 plurima, in var. vaginante panca, omnia petiolata. B*ccmi\-* poU. longi. Flore* 

 4 poll, iongi, subsecundi, flavi. Pedicelli ^-polhcarcs, fructifen decnrvi. Sepala 

 Iquamceformia, crassi uscula, opaca, nmbriata. Fetalum extenus apice cucallatum, 

 plernmqne dorso ala lata lacera cristatnm, sed mterdnm vix carinatum. Sdiqua pe- 

 dicello brevi v. elongato cnrvo subpendula, *-| xmc. longa, stylo breviore terminata, 

 obovato-eiliptica, plaiiiuscnla. Semina pauca, minutissime punetulata, splendentia. 



All oui- dried specimens, and these arc exceedingly numerous, from almost every 

 province between Sikkim and Kashmir, are of a peculiar grey glaucous hue ; they 

 are excessively valuable iu stature and habit, and the suee, depth, and lobing ot the 





