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



Fl. Alt. t. 450. The usually-quoted figure by Delessert in Ic. Select, ii. t. 9, fig. 

 A. is either a very bad representation or has been drawn from another species ; 

 the drawing shows flowers with the spar much shorter than the petals. The 

 citation of this plate as representing Persoon's plant should be abandoned by 

 botanists. 



5. (5.) Corydalis CASHMERIANA Boyle (errors Kashmiriana H. f. 

 8f T. Flor. Ind. ; Cachemiriana H. f. 8f T. Fl<>r. Brit, hid.) ■ roots fock 

 with scaly tip, emitting from its base a fascicle of fusiform fibrous 

 roots. 



var. typica: outer petals subequal, both crested; spur slightly 

 curved, as long as lower lip, almost as long as lamiua of upper lip ; 

 bracts rarely more than 3-fid. 



North-West Himalaya : Kashmir ; Boyle ! Duthie ! to Western 

 Nepal, Duthie ! 



Stems 4-12 in. (in Mr. Duthie's most recently collected Kashmir specimens) ; 

 spur 11 mm. long, lower petal 11 mm., lamina of upper petal 12 mm. long. 



VAR. brevicornu Prain : outer petals subequal, both crested, spur 

 straight, shorter than the lamina of upper lip ; bracts often 4-6 fid. 



Eastern Himalaya : Sikkim, rare. Chumbi and Phari, very com- 

 mon. 



Stems 4-10 in. (often 10 in. in Chumbi specimens) ; spur 5-6 mm. long ; lower 

 petal 11 mm., lamina of upper petal 12 mm. long. 



var. ecristata Prain : outer petals devoid of crests, lower longer 

 than upper ; spur much curved, longer than lamina of upper lip ; bracts 

 much divided. 



Eastern Himalaya : Sikkim, in Jongri and on the Nepal Frontier, 

 common. 



Stems 2—i in. always dwarf; flowers usually much larger than in the preceding 

 varieties, the extreme measurements being— minimum, spur 10 mm., lower outer 

 petal 10 mm., lamina of upper petal 8 mm. ; maximum, spur 15 mm., lower outer 

 petal 12 mm., lamina of upper petal 10 mm. 



It is not improbable that this last very distinct variety may prove to be a 

 species apart. Though reported as often as eight times it has unfortunately not yet 

 been collected in fruit. The species most nearly related to the group of forms in- 

 cluded under C. cashmeriana are the next described, which differs in the points noted 

 in its diagnosis and G. oxypetala Franchet, from Yunnan, which differs in having 

 all its bracts entire, in having more flowers arranged in an elongated not a subum- 

 bellate inflorescence, in having shorter and thicker pedicels, and in having longer 

 and narrower capsules. It is also nearly related to C. pachi/centra Franchet, from 

 Yunnan and G. curviflora Maxim, from Kansu ; along with these it helps to form a 

 very natural group of closely allied forms. 



6. ( — .) Corydalis tripoliolata Francli. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 

 zxxiii. 392 (1886) ; radical leaf solitary 3-5-sect, cauliue solitary 3-folio- 



