124 IX. FUMARIACE^E. [Coryddlis. 



petioled, segments linear and entire, or broad and cut into narrow lobes; petiole equal- 

 ling the stem. Flowers 1 in. long, pale yellow, tip purple ; raceme 1-3 in. long ; bracts 

 1-2 in. Posticous petal vaulted, acute, half as long as the slender spur. Capsules 

 small, oblong, pedicel recurved. 



9. C. Falconer!, II. f. & T. ; erect, radical leaves 2-pinnate cauline 

 2 opposite, racemes terminal many-flowered lax or dense, bracts linear- 

 lanceolate entire or cut, lowest 3-fid or pinnatifid exceeding the pedicels. 



WESTERN TIBET ; at Deotsu, Falconer. 



JRootstock woody, base covered with withered leaf-sheaths. Stem 6-15 in., simple. 

 Radical leaves few, long-petioled ; pinnae 1-2 pair, shortly-petioled; pinnules 3-partite; 

 segments narrow, 3-nerved ; cauline leaves above the middle of the stem, sessile or 

 petioled, 2-pinnate, lanceolate, 3-nerved. Flowers 4~f in. long, yellow'.-', with purple 

 tips; racemes 1-2 in. Posticous petal vaulted, acute, back winded, equalling the 

 cylindric slightly hooked spur. Capsule 4 in., oblong, much longer than the persistent 

 style ; pedicel deflexed. /Seeds black, shiny. 



10. C. eleg-ans, W<ill. Cat. 1435 ; erect or decumbent, radical leaves 

 pinnate cauline low down on the stem, racemes terminal, 6-14-flowered, 

 bracts large cuneate- oblong acuminate equalling or exceeding the pedicels, 

 flowers very broad. //./. <fc T. Fl. Ind. 265. 



\VI:STERH HIMALAYA, alt. 13-14,000 ft.; from Kumaon, Iflinkworth, to Deotsu, 

 Falconer. 



Rootstock stout, woody. Stem 6-12 in., simple, base clothed with withered sheaths. 

 Radical leaves 3-4 in., petiole as long ; pinnae 2-5 pair, 1 in. long, subsessile, orbicular, 

 base cuneate, dooply 5-7-lobed, si-^im-nts obtuse or mucronat--. I-'l tuners 1 in. long 

 (yellow with purple tips?). Posticous petals very convex broadly ovate, subacute, back 

 wing very broad, equalling the wide conical very obtuse spur, f'apxtilc* small, oblong; 

 pedicels spreading or deflexed. A rare and imperfectly known plant ; its flowers are 

 very broad. 



11. C. Govaniana, If'///. 7 J > ///. /'/. ,V//>. 55; Cat. 1431; stem stout, 

 radical leaves many oblong 2-pinnatisect cauline 1-2 or 0, racemes terminal 

 dense many-flowered, bracts broadly cuneate exceeding the pedicels cut 

 above the middle, tioyle 111 t. !<;, f. -1 ; //./ ,f '/'. /'/. Ind. 261. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 8-12,000 ft.; from Kumaon, Govan, to Kashmir, T. T. 



Rootstock woody, often branclu'd, crownr-d with withered leaf-sheaths. Stem 1-2 ft., 

 as thick as the thumb, almost naked or with l-'J leaves near the top. Radical leaves 

 nearly equalling the stem, long-petioled, pinnules coneate -lanceolate, cut into linear 

 segments, 2 near the base. Flowers 1 in. long, bright yellow ; racemes 2-4 in. Posti- 

 cous petal very convex, back wing very broad, limb shorter than the curved slender 

 spur. Capsule 4~1 in. ; style persistent, half its length. 



12. C. tibetica, //. / & T. Fl. Ind. 265 ; small, decumbent, glabrous 

 or subpiluse, glaucous, radical leaves many pinnatisect, cauline 1 or 0, 

 racemes terminal short 4-1 2 -flowered, bracts lanceolate and entire or ovate- 

 oblong and cut. 



WESTERS TIBET; alt. 14-17,000 ft., from Gugi, Strach. & Wint., to Balti, T. T. 



Rootstock prostrate, densely crowned with withered sheaths. Stem 2-6 in., weak, 

 tufted, decumbent, rarely forked with a leaf at the fork. Radical haves 3-4 in., oblong; 

 pinnae J- in., orbicular or oval, cut to the base. Flowers | in., pale yellow, tips brown 

 or green. Posticous petal winged at the back, equalling the straight spur. Capsule 

 in., narrow oblong, about equalling the persistent style ; pedicel deflexed. Seeds few, 

 smooth. Perhaps an alpine state of C. jloorcroftiana. 



