Corydalis.] flora indica. 269 



glaucis bi-tri-pinnatisectis, bracteis inferioribus lobatis pinnatisectisve, 

 racemo elongato, pedicellis brevissimis, calcare flore sublongiore recto 

 apice recurvo v. decurvo, siliquis brevissime pedicellatis, seminibus 

 opacis granulatis. — C. debilis, Edgew.! in Linn. Soc. Trans, xx. 30. 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali temperata, alt. 8-10,000 ped. : Ku- 

 maon, Str. et TFint.! Garhwal, Edgeworth! Sirmur, Royle! — (Fl. Jul. 

 Aug.) (v. v.) 



Plant a glauca, vage diffuse ramosa, habitu omnino C. Sibirica et C. ramosce. 

 Folia longe petiolata, membranacea ; segmentis late cuneato-obovatis oblougisve, 3- 

 5-fidis, lobis obtusis apiculati9ve, integerrimis 2-3-crenatisve. Racemi stricti, pol- 

 licares. Bradea varie lobatee v. sectse, rarius integerrimse. Sepala minima, squa- 

 mseformia. Retalum posticura apice concavum, acutum, dorso alatuin, ala nunquam 

 lobata, v. nudum. Siliqua lineari-obovata v. late obovato-oblonga. — A C. Sibirica 

 differt, racemis elongatis, calcare longiore non ascendente, pedicellis brevioribus, sili- 

 quis majoribus et latioribus, et prrecipue ab omnibus seminibus opacis granulatis. 

 A C. Bungeana (e China orta) differt atatura, segmentis foliorum amplis, racemo 

 elongato, bracteis multoties minoribus et minus sectis, floribus majoribus flavis (non 

 purpnreis), forma petalorum, et siliquis minoribus in stylum non attenuatis. 



Royle describes tbe spur as erect, but it is not so in his specimens, which are not, 

 however, in seed, and therefore cannot be satisfactorily identified. 



18. C. chserophylla (DC. Prod. i. 128); erecta, robusta, foliosa, 

 rainosa, foliis amplis bi-triternatis pinnatisectisve subtus glaucis, lobis 

 decurrenti-coadunatis ultimis divaricatis varie obtuse incisis, racemis 

 ramosis multifloris, floribus secundis, bracteis parvis lobatis, pedicellis 

 brevissimis, calcare gracili, siliquis parvis lineari-obovatis, seminibus 



plendentibus.— Wall. Cat. 1428!; Tent. Fl. Nep. 52. t. 40; Don, 



Prod. 198. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata, alt. 6-10,000 ped. : Sikkim ! Nipal, 



Wallich! Kumaon, Madden! — (Fl. Jun. Jul.) (v. v.) 



Radix valida, lignosa, fusiformis. Caules elati, fohosi, carnosuli, glaucescentes, 

 2-4-pedales. Folia longe petiolata, pedalia, lamina spithamtea, trisecta, lobis prinia- 

 riis longe petiolulatis, demum bi-triternatis pinuatifidisque, laciniis varie incisis, ulti- 

 mis linearibus obtusis divaricatis. Racemi compositi, e basi divisi, ramis strictis, 

 basi foliosis. Flares plurimi, aurei, graciles, | poll, lougi. Sepala minima. Calcar 

 elongatum, rectum v. ascendens, flore longius, appendice filtformi. Ret ala exte- 

 riora apice coucava, acuminata, dorso breviter cristata. Siliqua parvse, patentes 

 poll, longfc, breve pedicellatsc, lineari-obovata. Semina pauca. 



A remarkably handsome, most distinct species, well figured in Wallich's ' Ten- 

 tamen/ where, however, the specimen represented is young, and the spur is very 

 much shorter than in any of his own or our individuals. 



19. C. geraniifolia (H.f. et T.) ; suberecta, ramosa, foliosa, foliis 

 deltoideis ternatim sectis, segmentis bipinnatifidis v. basi pinnatisectis, 

 laciniis lineari-oblongis decurrenti-coadunatis inciso-lobatis, racemo ra- 

 moso, bracteis foliaceis incisis, calcare gracili flore longiore, petalis ex- 

 terioribus concavis acuti3 dorso vix alatis, siliquis secundis patulis breve 

 pedicellatis lineari- v. elliptico-obovatis, seminibus splendentibus. 



Hab. In Himalaya orientalis exterioris temperatse sylvis : Sikkim, 

 alt. 8-9000 ped.!— (Fl. Sept.) (v. v.) 



A C. cfoerophylla, quie affinis, differt, lobulis foliorum acuminatis, racemis breviori- 



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