272 flora indica. [Fumariacea . 



Folia circumscriptionc lineari-oblonga. Pinnula 2-5-jugsc, sparse, \-\ poll, lata?, 

 varie crenato-lobatse, rarius integerrimse, basi seepius cordate. Racemi breves, den- 

 siflori. Pedicelli brevissimi. Bractece iloribus ^ breviores, patentes, membranacese, 

 anguste subulate. Flores fere recti v. calcare et apicibus petalorum sensira ascenden- 

 tibus, f poll, longi, rosei. Sepala elougato-subulata, meinbranacea. Petala exte- 

 riora apice concava, abrupte acuminata, interioribus apice eniarginatis ; calcare brevi 

 inflato apice obtuso incurvo. Siliqua immaturse f poll, longse, stylo recto valido 

 terminate. — C.flabellatce affinis, differt prsecipue statura humiliore, foliorum pinnis 

 paucijugis, floribus majoribus roseis minus curvis, et bracteis elongatis subulati9. 



3. DICENTRA, Bork. 



Diclytra, DC, Dactylicapnos, Wall., Macrocapnos, Royle. 



Sepala 2, decidua. Petala 4, libera, anticum et posticum basi saccata 

 v. calcarata. Stamina 6 ; filainenta libera v. basi distincta, superne co- 

 alita, iuterraedio cujusvis synematis basi processu caleariformi aucto. 

 Ovula juxta placentas inter valvulares plurima. Stigma bilobum. Cap- 

 sula siliquosa v. baecata, valvis linearibus membranaeeis v. ovatis car- 

 nosisque ; placentis seminibusque ut in Corydali. — Herbse glaberrima, 

 Indica, plerumque scandentes, radicibus perennantibus, caule tereti ramoso 

 gracili camosulo, foliis oppositis decomposites, petiolis cirrhosis, pinnulis 

 3-nerviis ovatis membranaeeis, racemis oppositifoliis nidantibus* 



All the Indian species of this pretty genus are scandent, whereas most of the 

 American and Siberian ones have bulbous roots, radical leaves, and the flowers on erect 

 scapes. There appears to us to be no grounds for dividing the genus, either on thi9 

 account or on the form and structure of the pods, as the same differences of habit 

 occur in Corydalis, and there is a transition in the structure of the pod from the 

 membranous linear valves of the first section, to the more or less fleshy, broad, and 

 almost indehiscent ones of D. tJialictrifolia. 



Sect. 1. — Siliqua linearis ; valvis membranaeeis. 



1. D. torulosa (H.f. et T.) ; corymbis 6-8-floris, siliquis anguste 

 linearibus torulosis, seminibus uniseriatis opacis granulatis basi stro- 

 pbiolo cinctis. 



Hab. In montibus Khasia, graminosis alt. 5-6000 ped., Griffith! — 

 (Fl. Aug.) (v. v.) 



Herba tenella, glaberrima, glauca, 8-10-pedalis. Caules scandentes, debiles, an- 

 gulati. Folia 2-4 poll, longa, e basi bi-tri-pinnatisecta, pinnis primariis longissime 

 petiolulatis, divaricatis ; pinnulis paucis, remotis, \-% poll, longis, ellipticis, acutis 

 acuminatisve, membranaeeis. Petiolus basi simplex, apice siepius in ramos capilJare3 

 cirrhosos dichotome divisus. Pednnculi oppositifolii, ^-2 poll, longi, graciles, apice 

 subumbellatiin corymbosi. Bractece membranacese, lineares, pediceQos subsequantes, 

 marginibus laceris. Pedicelli 6-10, -§~| poll, longi, graciles, stricti, superne subin- 

 crassati. Flores penduli, % poll, longi, aurei. Sepala lineari-subulata, flore 

 breviora, membranacea, margine plus minusve lacera, basi dilatata limbriata. Pe- 

 tala exteriora apice breviter cuctdlata, abrupte acuminata, basi saccata, interiora in- 

 fra apicem in rostrum breve bicuspidatum ultra petala exteriora breviter porrcctum 

 coalita, lamina cujusvis brevi panduriformi, ungue capillari elongato libero. Syn< 

 mala basi calcare brevi incurvo instructa. Ovarium lineare, ovulis plurimis ; stylo 

 gracili ; stigmate subquadrato, bilobo, basi utrinque in cornu producto. Siliqua 

 l£-2 poll, longa, curva, torulosa, in stylum validum angustata. Semina 15-20, al- 

 tenia, majuscufa, basi strophiolo bilamellato inclusa. 



