126 IX. FUMARlACE^E. [Corydalis. 



obtuse spur. Capsule \-\ in., linear, or linear obovate, style very short Very variable, 

 and possibly a form of C. ramosa. Wallich's figure of C longipes is unlike his specimen 

 or those of any other plant, and is probably made up of several allied species. 



17. C. cornuta, Royle III. 69 ; glaucous, decumbent, branched, leaves 

 2-3-pinnate, pinnae cuueate-obovate or oblong, racemes terminal many- 

 flowered dense elongate, bracts small entire or cut, spur straight or tip 

 hooked, seeds opaque. H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 269. C. debilis, Edyew. in Trim*. 

 Linn. Soc. xx. 30. 



TI.MI-ERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 8-10,000 ft., from Kumaon, Struck. & Wint., to Kashmir, 

 T. T. 



Habit of C. ramosa and sibirica. Leaves long-petioled, ultimate segments 3-5-fid, 

 lobes rounded. Flowers 4-J in., yellow, tips purple- ; racemes 1-3 in. /'//, o>/x petal 

 convex, acute, dor-ally winded, short. T than tin- cylindrir spur. ( 'j, ,/,/,.< variable, 

 linear-obovate or obovate-oblong ; style short, persistent ; pedicels short de-Hexed. 



18. C. chaBrophylla, DC. /V<*./,-. i. \-l*\ stem erect leafy branched, 

 leaves deltoid decompound, racemes terminal paiiidcd, lower bracts leafy, 

 spur slender. \Y<ill. <'?. U:>; T> ///./'/. .V//>. t. 40 (spur too short) : />"// 

 /V,'//\ \'.)^ ; //./. <(' T. /'/. /ml. 269. C. geranii'olia, //./. <( '/'. /'/. //, 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 6-10, 000 ft. ; from Sikkim to Kumaon. 



Stem 2-4 ft., branched al>\v. /,<.'/ /vx pale beneath ; lower and radical 6-10 in., 

 long-petioled, upper subsessile, lower pinna- petit-led, scecud and third ileriirreiit, ulti- 

 mate segments oblong, acute or acuminate. I-'lo/r, /< ,' in., golden yellow, slender; 

 bracts oval or oblong, out, upper entire. /'< acute, dorsal wing 



narrow, shorter than the spur, t >//>-// A * ', in., broad-linear or linear-obovate, spreading ; 

 pedicels short. Seeds few, shiniuir. <'. ijt nmiifol'm is a lar^rc lax leafy state, with 

 much-cut bracts and more acute segments, found in humid distriots of Sikkim. 



**** R oo t fusiform. Stem simple or branched. Spur short saccate (ex- 

 cept 24, i-i',i.(i',Ji<i). 



t Leaves 2-'3-j>i/t'ttix'c( or <lonni><>)nnl. 



11). C. latiflora, //./. <( T. /'/. ///'/. 370 ; dwarf, glauc.ms, stem simple, 

 leaves 2-3-piunate cauline 2 opposite, flowers 3-> BttbumbelWte, bracts 

 linear. 



AI.I-INK HIMALAYA ; Tnnkra p.-iss in Sikkim, alt. 15,000 ft., H.f. 



Rootstocl: slender, 6-1*2 in., with many membranous oblong inurnniafe scales |-1 in. 

 long. Stein or scape -J-4 i:i. Luti-ci many, 1 *2 in., ovate or ovate-deltoid, long- 

 pctioled: pinnae petiol-d, alternate, small, lineftr-obloDg, acute. Flnrtrs Jin. Lmcr, 

 v.-rv broad, pale blue, tips yellow: bracts \ li n.. equalling the pedicels. -/'<- 

 petal broadly winged, much larger than the obtuse- spur. 



20. C. stricta, Sfej>h<tn; stout erect, simple or branched, leaves thick, 

 2-pinnate sheaths rigid, cauliue similar, alternate, racemes short simple or 

 branched, bracts small subulate, capsules linear pendulous. /,<?/. /'/. Alt. 

 iii. 244; Ic. Fl. llu*$. t. 56. C. astra^alina, //./. & T. /'/. I, id. 270. 



\\'I:STKRN TIBET, alt. 14-16,000 ft. in Nari, Jacquemont, and Ladak, T. T. DISTIMIJ. 

 Altai Mts. 



Rootstoclt crowned with rigid shining leaf-bases. Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves many, 



3-6 in., petioles loner, oval or oblong, glaucous, pinnules cut into linear-oblong lobes. 



,-,9 -J in., yellow ; pedicels short, slender, pendulous ; bracts white, membranous. 



lanceolate from a broad ovate obliquely cordate fimbriate base. Postlcous petal 



nearly thit, abruptly acuminate, margins membranous, tip recurved. Capsules 1-M in. ; 



style 'short, rigid. Seeds large shining. 



21. C. meifolia, Wall. Tent. Flor. Nip. 52, t. 41 ; Cat. 1427 ; stem stout 

 erect leafy, leaves decompound segments linear or capillary, racemes 



