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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Lobed Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



crested tips united over the stigma, stamens 6, united in 

 2 sets of 3, lower set spurred at the base, the spur 

 inside the petal spur; capsule | in., ovate, oblong, seeds 

 small, black. 



Corydalis 

 cachemiriana, 



FUMARIACE^. 



F. B.I. i. 123. 

 Himalaya, 

 9-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



like the last species, but a bulb, small and scaly, in- 

 stead of a rootstock, radical leaves long-stalked, palmately 

 divided into 3-5 lobes, flowers bright blue, capsule linear 

 oblong, pendulous. 



Corydalis Govaniana, like the last species, but with a thick rootstock, crown- 



Buikis. ed with withered leaf sheaths, leaves 2-pinnate, leaflets 



FuMARiACE^. wedge-shaped, deeply lobed, bracts deeply lobed, flowers 



F. B. I. i. 124. bright yellow. This plant is used in Indian medicine as a 



Himalaya, tonic. 

 8-12,000 ft. 

 Hattu (Collett). 



Corydalis 

 Moorcroftiana, 



FUMARIACE^. 



F. B. Li. 125. 



Himalaya, 

 10-17,000 ft. 



Corydalis 

 Gortschakovii 



FUMARIACEiE. 



F. B.I. i. 125. 

 Kashmir, 

 10-17.000 ft. 



like the last species, but root spindle-shaped, flowers 

 yellow with purple tips, leaves much divided. 



like the last species, but much larger, flowers larger, 



Arabis taraxicifolia, 



Crucifer^. 

 F. B. L i. 136. 

 The Plains, west of 

 the Indus. 

 Peshawar 

 (Stewart). 



small, annual, hairy, stems 6-9 in., many, spreading, 

 almost leafless, weak ; radical leaves many, long-stalked, 

 pinnately rlivided, terminal lobe large, rounded, entire, 

 rarely toothed, lateral short, narrow, stalk 2-3 in., stem 

 leaves few, alternate, sessile, oblong-lanccolate ; flowers | 

 in. diam., white or pale pink, in loose racem.es, sepals vel- 

 vety or smooth, petals 4- in., stamens 6, pods 1|-2| in. 

 linear, flattened, smooth, valves thin, veinless, style long, 

 short-pointed, seeds in one series. 



