Corydalis.} ix. FUMARIACEJE. 123 



C. Hamiltoniana, Don Syst. Gard. i. 142. C. Griffith!!, Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 2, 

 No. 1, p. 15 ; Griffith. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 658, f. 23. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 6-10,000 ft., from Kumaon to Marri, Fleming. DISTRIB. 

 Mts. of the Levant, W. Asia, and Soongaria. 



Rootstock slender. Stem 3-8 in., erect, simple. Leaves 2-3, subsessile; segments 

 small rounded in much-divided leaves, more commonly |-1 in., ovate-oblong or linear, 

 entire or lobed, much veined. Flowers |-1 in. long, bright purple, tips dark ; bracts 

 oblong or lanceolate, veined, shorter than the pedicels. Sepals minute. Style shorter 

 than the oblong ovary ; stigma dilated. Capsule ^ in., ovate-oblong. 



VAR. 1 ; posticous petal dilated upwards very obtuse mucronate or emarginate. 



VAK. 2 ; posticous petal narrow concave acute. C. verticillaris, DC. Prodr. i. 126. 



5. C. each emir ian a, Royle ILL 69, t. 16, f. 1 fradical leaves palmate! y 

 3-5-partite, cauline usually alternate 3-6-partite, flowers subumbellate, 

 lower bracts 3-fid, posticous petal about equalling the curved spur. H.f. & 

 T. Fl. Ind. 263. 



TEMPERATE and SDBALPINE HIMALAYA, alt. 9-12,000 ft., from Sikkim, H. /., to 

 Kashmir, jRoi/le. 



Bulb small, scaly. Stem 2-6 in. Radical leaves long-petioled, early withering ; 

 cauline near the top of the stem, subsessile ; lobes 4-1 i n -> linear, entire. Flowers 

 ^-1 in. long, bright blue with dark-blue tips ; racemes terminal, 3-8-flowered ; bracts 

 exceeding the pedicels. Sepals minute. Posticous petal concave, acute or acuminate. 

 Capsule linear-oblong, pendulous or deflexed. 



6. C. polyg-alina, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 263 ; simple, leaves cauline alter- 

 nate, pinnate, racemes axillary and terminal 5-10-flowered, lower bracts 

 3-fid, posticous petal shorter than the straight obtuse cyliridric spur. 



SlKKIM-HlMALAYA, alt. 14-16 ; 000 ft., H.f. 



Eoot and radical leaves unknown. Cauline leaves 1-2 in., subsessile, pinnae in 56 

 pairs, lower 3-5-pardte ; segments 1 in., narrow-linear, coriaceous, parallel-veined. 

 flowers in., yellow with a dark purple spot ; pedicels very short ; upper bracts 

 lanceolate. Posticous petal vaulted, acute, wing narrow. Capsule |-| in., oblong. 

 Allied to C. rutcefolia, but distinguished by the habit, alternate leaves, axillary racemes, 

 and winged tips of the petals. 



7. C. juncea, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nip. 54, t. 42 ; Cat. 1429 ; erect, slender, 

 leaflets or leaves few narrow, racemes terminal many-flowered, bracts linear 

 entire, posticous petals longer than the short obtuse spur. H.f. & T. FL 

 Ind. 264. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 12-14,000 ft. ; Nipal, WallicJi ; Sikkim, H.f. 



Stem 1-14 ft. Leaves 4-1 in., linear-lanceolate, bract like. Flowers |~| in. long, 

 bright yellow with purple tips; racemes 2-3 in. ; pedicels 4~| i"-, slender; bracts 

 half as long. Posticous petal very convex, back broadly winged. Capsules (unripe) 

 J in., oblong, in much elongate racemes, pedicels deflexed. 



** Root fusiform. Stem or scape simple, rarely divided, leafless or with 

 1-2 leaves. Leaves chiefly radical. Racemes simple. Spur equalling or 

 exceeding the petals. 



8. C. crithmifolia, Royle III. 68 ; leaves all radical 2-3-pinnatisect, 

 segments narrow or broad, raceme terminal many-flowered, bracts narrow 

 much exceeding the pedicels. H. f. & T. Fl Ind. 264 ; Walp. Rep. i. 120 

 (as C. epithymifolia, by error). 



SUBALPINE and TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, ascending to 14,000 ft., from Garwhal, 

 Munro; to Kunawur, Jacquemont, &c. 



Stem 3-12 in., rather stout, leafless. Leaves 1-4 in. diarn., orbicular, pinnse long- 



