1896.] D. Prain — Some additional P\imariaceee. 31 



Phart ; Lama Ujyen Gyatsko^ n. 100 ! 



Rhizome very slender, -J„ in. diam. clothed toward apex with numerous lanceolate 

 scales, and emitting from tip slender stems much attenuated at point of origin from 

 axils of scales ; stems 6-12 in. ; leaves 3 in. long, 2 in. across ; petiole ^ in. ; primary 

 lateral petiolules 1 in. ; central petiolule r5 in., its secondary petiolule 3 — ^ in.; 

 lower bracts ^ in. long, |- in across, entire, upper smaller; pedicels ^ — i in. 

 Flowers purple f in. long, spur f in. 



A very distinct species in habit recalling the C. juncea group but with very 

 different rootstock and flowers, and in foliage somewhat resembling C. flaccida but 

 again with very different flowers and rhizome. As regards flowers it most closely 

 resembles C decumhens Pers. from Japan, but it has a relatively longer spur and its 

 lip-margins are not explanate; its rootstock too is altogether different, that of 

 C. decumhens being tuberous. C. Kingii is not very nearly related to any Indian 

 species. 



25. (17.) CORYDALIS CORNUTA Boyle. 



Add to synonyms of F. B. I. : — Corydalis ramosa VAR. — AitcJi. 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 152 {not of Wallich). DiSTRiB. Afghanistan; 

 (Kuram Valley, Aitchison n. 298 ! 324) !* 



26. (15/2.) Corydalis ramosa Wall. Gat. 1434; stem erect or 

 procumbent branched, leaves twice ternately divided, ultimate segments 

 ovate lanceolate, racemes terminal lax many-fld., bracts leafy incised. 



VAR. typica ; stems erect ; habit and foliage of G. sihirica Pers., 

 from which the plant is only distinguishable by its different flowers. 

 Wall. Gat. 1434, partly. C. chaerophylla Boyle in Herh. N. W. Ind. not 

 of Wall. C. erecta Falc. MSS. in Herb. Saharanpur. 



North-West Himalaya: Kamaon, Blinhworth in Herb. Wall. 

 (n. 1434 partly)! Boyle! Strachey and Win terbot torn n. 11! Beid ! 

 Garhwal -, Falconer ! Duthie n. 944 ! Gamble n. 24300 ! Simla ; Thomson ! 

 Brandis! Gamble n. 4299 ! n. 6201 ! ButUe n. 7247 ! n. 7248 ! n. 8754 ! 

 Bashahr; Lace n. 905! Pangi ; Stoliczka ! Ellis n. 382! n. 1276! 

 n. 1516! Brandis n. 3271! n. 3610! Dalhousie ; Glarke n. 22514 ! 



* Nearly related to this species ^and to the next is a species from Szechuen of 

 which, as i« has not yet been described, an account is now given. 



Corydalis Drakeana Prain; stems erect branching, leaves twice ternately- 

 divided ultimate segments ovate incised racemes terminal lax, flowers very few 

 , distant, bracts large leafy spathulate entire. 



China : Szechuen, near Tachien-lu, Pratt n. 464 ! 



Habit of G. ramosa and C. cornuta, foliage most resembling that of the latter. 

 Flowers ^ in. yellow, racemes 6-8 in. but only 4-5 fld. Bracts large | in. to 1 in. 

 much exceeding the short pedicels. Capsules linear to narrow oblong | in. to 1 in 

 long, seeds 1- or irregularly 2-seriate shining 



Very near to C. cornuta but with shining seeds. Easily distinguished from 

 C. ramosa by its different foliage, its longer narrower capsules and its very large 

 entire bracts. 



