30 J). Prain — Some additional Fumariacese. [No. 1, 



22. ( — .) CoRYDALis FiLiciNA Prain; glaucous, very slender, 

 branched at the base only, leaves long petioled, 3-nate. the lateral 

 segments again twice ternate the terminal 2-jugate pinnate its lobes 

 ternate, ultimate lobules all very small widely oblong irregularly lobed, 

 racemes rather dense few-fid., bracts incised shorter than pedicels, spur 

 straight. 



SiKKiM : Ney-go-lah, on the Singalelah range, Dr. King's Collectors ! 



Bootstock thin wiry, stems filiform 4-6 in. cauline leaf solitary, sliort-petioled, 

 sometimes 0, radical petioles 2 in. secondary petiolules i in,, lobules ^ in. across. 

 Flowers yellow f in. upper petal slightly ridged near middle but not truly winged, 

 Spur as long as lamina, attached to inner petals by a projecting marginal tooth. 



A very distinct species. The capsules unfortunately are not yet ripe. 



23. ( — . ) CoRYDALis CRiSPAPraiw; stems short rather slender, 

 diffusely brandling from the base and freely branching throughout, 

 leaves all short petioled, radical withering, unequally ternate, the lateral 

 lobes again ternate the central longer-stalked and twice ternate, the 

 petioles expanded to the first division, segments iriegularly 3-5-lobed, 

 racemes dense many-fld. terminating stems and branches, lower pedicels 

 very long exceeding the long linear bracts ; upper outer petal winged, 

 with a much recurved slender blunt spur as long as lamina ; capsules 

 oblong small, seeds shining. 



Eastern Himalaya : Chumbi ; at Perm-la, near Chum-la-vi, and 

 at Syam-po, King's Collector! Phari ; Goop, etc., Dunghoo ! Distrib. 

 S. Tibet (Lama TJjyen Gyatsko n. 325). 



Rootstoch rather slender 10-12 in. long, breaking at crown into many again 

 diffusely branching heads, stems 6-8 in , leaves 1^-2 in. petioles \ in. ultimate 

 segments \-\ in. across. Flowers ^ in., blue and white, or yellow with purple tips, 

 the wing of upper petal extending half-way along the much recurved spur. 

 Capsule z in. 



A very distinct species, of the same group as C. lovgipes which it resembles in 

 its recurved spur and C. ramosa which it resembles in habit, but nnlike any other 

 Indian species in having the process from the upper starainal phalanx not free 

 inside the spur but attached to its anterior wall for fths of its length. 



24. ( — .) CoRYDALis KiNGii Prain ; sub-glaucous, stems slender 

 branching; cauline leaves 1-3 scattered, unequally ternately divided, late- 

 ral segments sub-opposite arising close to stem long-petioluled and again 

 ternately divided, terminal very long-petioluled and again twice ter- 

 nately divided with distinct secondary petiolules, ultimate segments 

 all 3-fid to -sect, lobules obovate acute, radical leaves vanishing ; 

 racemes lax-flowered, terminating slender branches, bracts large obovate 

 acute ; pedicels long ; sepals obliquely cordate acuminate subentire ; 

 outer petals shortly narrowly winged near tips, limb of upper broad ; 

 spur cylindric straight except at the obtuse slightly incurved tip, ^ 

 longer than lamina ; young cnpsule long very slender ; seeds 1-seriate. 



