268 flora indica. [Fumariacea. 



keel or wing of the dorsal petal. C. nana is rather a dwarf alpine state than a 

 marked variety ; its stems are sometimes excessively branched from the base. The 

 common state closely resembles the Siberian C. Gebleri, differing in the much broader, 

 shorter pod. It is also nearly allied to C. Sibirica in habit, but the pod and spur are 

 very different, the latter being neither so broad nor turned up ; also to C. cornuta, 

 Royle, which has opaque seeds. 



16. C. Sibirica (Pers. Syn. ii. 70); caulibus gracilibus vage de- 

 cumbeutibus elongatis ramosis foliosis, foliis longe petiolatis menibrana- 

 ceis bi-tri-pinnatisectis segmentis latiusculis 3-5-fidis, bracteis inferio- 

 ribus Iobatis sectisve, calcare lato flore aequilongo ascendente, petalis ex- 

 terioribus cucullatis acutis, siliquis parvis linearibus lineari-obovatisve, 

 seminibus splendentibus. — DC. Syst. ii. 124, Prod. i. 128. C. Sibirica 

 et C. impatiens, Fisch. in DC. Prod. 2. c.; Led. Fl. Ross. i. 103. C. 

 longipes, DC. Prod. I. c.j Wall. Cat 1433!, Tent. Flor. Nep. t. 42 

 mala; non Don, Prod. 198. C. filifonnis, Royle, III. 65. 



Hab. la Himalaya temperata etsubalpina, alt. 7-14,000 ped.: Sik- 



kim! Nipal, TFallich! Garhwal, Royle! et in mont. Khasia, alt. 6000 



ped., Griffith! — (Fl. Jun. Jul.) (v. v.) 



Distrib. Sibiria Baikalensis! et trans-Baikalensis ; Dahuria; Kara- 

 tcliatka. 



Herba diffusa, gracilis, ramosa, statura variahilis. Caulis 6 unc. v. bipedalis, di- 

 varicatim ramosus. Folia varie secta, segmentis late linearibus cuneato-obovatisve 

 3-5-fidis, lobis obtusis apiculatisve integerrimis v. 2-3-crenatis. Bractece iuferiores 

 lobatse v. sectas, superiores integrse v. lobatae. Pedicelli \— § poll, longi. Sepala 

 squainseformia, lacera, membranacea. Calcar lente v. abrupte ascendens, appendice 

 brevi v. elongata. Siliqucz i-i-pollicares, anguste lineari-obovatse v. lineares, iV~f 

 poll, latre. Semina splendentia. — A C. ramosa differt, caulibus gracilioribus, foliis 

 minus sectis, segmentis latioribus, sed prsecipue calcare ascendente breviore et latiore, 

 et siliquis angustioribus stylo brevi terminatis. 



This is a very distinct but variable plant. We have examined a multitude of spe- 

 cimens, especially from the Khasia (where it is the only species known, and inhabits 

 a much lower level than in the Himalaya) and from Sikkim, where it is extremely 

 common, and may be followed up any of the valleys continuously from 10,000 nearly 

 to 15,000 feet elevation, gradually changing its habit and appearance a good deal, but 

 retaining the marked character of the spur, and all the general features of the species 

 in a greater or less degree. We have also examined very carefully all Royle's and 

 Wallich's specimens, and compared these together and with the Siberian ones. Wal- 

 lich's specimens have pods exactly intermediate in character between those of C. im- 

 patiens and C. Sibirica. Royle's C.fi/iformis was probably inadvertently proposed as 

 new, for it is identical with Wallich's plant. The Khasia individuals have larger 

 flowers and broader wings to the outer sepals than the Sikkim, but not than Lede- 

 bour's Siberian specimens. Wallich's figure of C. longipes (Tent. PI. Nep.) represents 

 a very much larger plant than his specimens, with the spurs not at all ascending, 

 which they manifestly are in his Herbarium ; his quotations of Fumaria bulbosa, 

 Thunb. Jap. 277, and C. decumbens, Pers. Ench. 269, both with a mark of doubt, 

 we cannot confirm, never having seen authentic specimens, and the descriptions being 

 insufficient. 



Ledebour, in the c Flora Rossica,' states of C. impatiens, that if at all different 

 from C. Sibirica, its characters depend on the diffuse stem, narrow pod, and short 

 pedicel, all which we find so variable in every locality, that we cannot even propose 

 to make a variety of it. 



17. C. corxrota (Royle, 111. 60) : caule debili ramoao fulioso, foliis 



