08 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
cincta. Caules 2—3-nati usque ad 8 cm. longi debiles flexuosi 
decumbentes plerumque bifoliati glabri. Folia radicalia 1-2, 
petiolo circ. 6 cm. longo debili praedita ; lamina (haud bene 
representata) circ. I.5 cm. longa pinnata segmentis 5~7 lineari- 
lanceolatis integris 5-10 mm. longis glabris; folia caulina 
plerumque duo opposita vel subopposita paulo supra medium 
caulem inserta fere sessilia ceteroqui radicalibus subsimilia 
segmentis usque ad 1.5 cm. longis. Racemi terminales laxi circ. 
4 cm. longi, 4-12-flori ; bracteae ambitu obovatae 7-8 mm. 
longae in lobos 5-7 lineares flabellato- -partitae glabrae ; pedicelli 
bracteas subaequantes vel eis duplo longiores. Flores ex 
speciminibus siccis verisimiliter coerulei. Sepala squamiformia 
circ. I mm. diametro denticulata. Petalum posticum cristatum 
apice galeatum cum calcare fere 2 cm. longum; calcar + I cm. 
longum limbo paululo longius modice aduncum apice obtusum ; 
petalum anticum cristatum postico subaequale ; petala interiora 
paululo breviora cristatula. Capsula immatura linearis. 
‘“N.W. Yunnan. Near Atuntsu, 15,000-16,000 ft.” Kingdon 
Ward. No. 60. 
A dwarf species smaller than the allied C.- pachycentra, 
Franch. from which the bracts serve at once to distinguish it. 
ot? Corydalis benecincta, W. W. Sm. 5p. nov. 
Species alpina optime distincta; inter species yunnanenses 
foliis trifoliolatis foliolis integris, bracteis praemagnis quasi- 
_verticillatis atque involucrantibus, pedicellis longis multo com- 
planatis, floribus subumbellatis inter alia bene notata. 
Radix tuberosa crassa infra ramosa collo vestigiis exiguis 
petiolorum praeteritorum obsita. Caulis pars inferior fere nuda 
flexuosa subterranea vel inter saxa errans foliis radicalibus diu 
delapsis foliis inferiori-caulinis paucis squamiformibus ; par 
epigaea brevis I-5 cm. longa plus minusve complanata glabra 
inflorescentia aequilonga terminata. Folia superiora 2-3, al- 
terna (in situ naturali quasi-subradicalia) petiolo 5-7 cm. longo 
complanato glabro praedita, trifoliolata ; foliola + 3 cm. longa 
+ 2 cm. lata, late elliptica vel ovata vel obovata petiolulo nullo 
vel brevissimo in foliolo mediano nonnunquam paululo elongato 
praedita apice rotundata vel obtusa basi rotundata vel late 
cuneata integerrima carnosula utrinque glabra supra laete viridia 
infra pallidiora. FafioresSlastias plures densae caulem ramulos- 
que terminantes ; bracteae 4 vel plures magnae 2-4.5 cm. longae 
foliaceae lanceolatae vel oblanceolatae approximatae quasi 
involucrum formantes ; flores plerumque 5-6 in quoque race- 
mulo ita approximati ut subumbellati videantur, pedicellis 
usque | ac 4 cm. longis multo complanatis suffulti. Sepala 
squa mia oyata vel suborbicularia circ. 2 mm. diametro 
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