36 D. Prain — Some additional Fumariaceae. [No. 1, 



This species imitates the appearance and habit of, and has almost identical 

 flowers and fruits with, Corijdalis Laelia which, however, differs in having ternate 

 leaves and tufted roots. It has also the habit and leaves of Corydalis Semenovii 

 Regel and Corydalis straminea Maxim., bnt has very different flowers from either of 

 these ; its inflorescence is very like that of C. Hookeri. 



39. (21.) Corydalis meifolta Wall. 



Exclude from synonyms of F. B. I., C. Hoffineisteri Klotzsch Reis. 

 Pr. Waldem, 129 t. 35. 



VAR. lypica ; stems erect, ultimate leaf-segments linear ; posticous 

 petal with lamina usually three times as long as spur ; flowers usually 

 yellow {Walllch), deep yellow (DiUhie), or lemon-coloured {Duchie) ; 

 occasionally reddish-yellow {Datlne) ; stems 6-18 in. 



Cen-tral Himalaya: Nepal, Wallich ! Scully! North-West Hima- 

 laya: Lahul, Hay! Bashahr, Lace n. 557! Kunawar, Vicary ! Kamaon, 

 Duthien. 2704! n. 2706! East Himalaya : Sikkim, Booker! Gammie ! 



VAR. violacsa ; stems erect, ultimate leaf -segments linear ; posticous 

 petal with lamina usually only twice as long as spur ; flowers deep 

 mauve (Buthie) or a " beantif nl pnrple " {Vicary] ; stems 12-18 in. C. 

 violacea Vicary MSS. in Herb. Calcutta. 



North-Wkst Himalaya : Garhwal ; Vicary n. 50 ! Buthie n. 956 ! 

 Rotang Pass, Edgeworth ! Brandis n. 3270! Lahul, Jaeschke ! 



VAR. sikkimensis ; stems flexuous, ultimate leaf-segments usually 

 narrow lanceolate (one lialf broader and much shorter than in the two 

 preceding varieties) ; posticous petal with lamina usually three times 

 as long as spur ; flowers yellow with purple tips {Hooker) ; yellow and 

 brown {Gammie) ; orange yellow, red and yellow, greenish yellow, or 

 outside yellow and inside red, {various natiiie collectors) ; stems 4-6 in. 



Eastern Himalaya : Sikkim, Chumbi, Phari and South-East Tibet ; 

 very common. 



Corydalis violacea Yicary, at first sight seems vei'y distinct. It must however 

 be recollected as regards the colour-character that the flowers are variously purple 

 or yellow in several other species. Among Indian species Corydalis flaccida, usually 

 pui-ple but at times yellow ; Corydalis crispa, usually yellow but at times blue, may 

 be cited as parallel examples. Then Buthie n. 270i with reddish-yellow flowers 

 forms a connecting link in the North- West Himalaya ; all stages of " intermediates," 

 though no specimens with uniformly purple flowers have been reported from 

 Sikkim and Chumbi. Again, as regards the character derived from length of spur, 

 Lace n. 557 with yellow flowers has this organ as long as it is in var violacea ; and 

 while all the Sikkim and Chumbi specimens have a short spur as in var. typica those 

 from South Tibet (Lama UJyen Oyatsko n. 231 ) have spurs nearly, though not quite, 

 as long as in var. violacea. Var. sikhimenfiis is not a very good variety, the 

 differences in habit mentioned are differences of degree only, not differences of kind. 



40. ( — .) Corydalis dubia Prain; stems short flexuous simple, 

 or branched in the inflorescence, leaves 4-5-jugately pinnate, radical 



