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ate long petioled, flowers subumbellate, bracts entire ovate longer than 

 the short pedicels, spnr straight shorter than the upper petal. Plantae 

 Delavaya?iae 46 t. 14 a. (1889). 



Sikkim : ISTatong, Dr. King's Collectors ! Too-ko-la Cummins I 

 Disteib. Yunnan. 



Rootstock small, emitting from base a fascicle of fusiform tubers. Stems solitary 

 6-10 in. Radical leaves long petioled early withering, petioles 1-2 in. blade \ in. 

 across, cauline near top of stem, petiole \ in. long, lobes f in. long, \ in. wide ; flowers 

 J in. long, yellow and purple ; racemes terminal 2-4. fld. ; bracts f in. long, \ in. 

 across ; sepals minute. Capsule linear-oblong. 



Very nearly related to C. oxypetala and to G. cashmeriana ; from the former it 

 differs in having subumbellate flowers, from the latter in having entire bracts ; from 

 both it differs in having a solitary, petioled cauline leaf. 



7. ( — .) Corydalis lathyroides Prain; erect very slender, 

 radical leaves 0, stem-leaves two rather wide apart in upper half of 

 stem, each with an axillary leafy branch ; racemes at ends of stem and 

 branches 3-5-fld., bracts very small ovate entire ; flowers small yellow. 



N.-W. Himalaya : Kumaon ; Ralam Valley, 10-11,000 feet, on rocks, 

 Duthie n. 2708 ! 



Root-stock not collected, the stems rigid, with a subopposite pair of very small 

 leaf scales at its base. Stem. 4-8 in., branches 3-4) in. Cauline leaves 2% in. long, 

 sessile, Dimply 3-jugate pinnate, the pinnae ovate obtuse £ in. long by \ in. across, 

 glaucous beneath entire or slightly 2-, rarely 3-lobed. Bracts very small, -jo * u -> 

 pedicels % in., capsules \ in. narrowly oblong, style persistent, stigma 2-lobed ; seeds 

 very small black shining. 



This is such a very distinct plant that it is impossible to refrain from provid- 

 ing a description in spite of its having been incompletely collected. The flowers 

 are reported by Mr. Duthie as yellow, they are unfortunately in so advanced a state 

 that they do not admit of satisfactory examination ; the length of spur relatively to 

 lamina cannot be made out and the presence or absence of crests on the petals can- 

 not be determined. But by their small size, not much exceeding that of the corolla 

 in C. claviculata, the flowers differ much from those of all Asiatic species except the 

 Chinese C. racemoia Pers., which in other respects this in no way resembles. The 

 absence of rootstock makes it impossible to assign the species with certainty to its 

 true section. Obviously however, in spite of its much smaller size, its nearest ally 

 is C. paeoniaefolia Pers., concerning the sectional position of which also some dubiety 

 still exists. 



8. ( — .) Cortdalis graminea Prain; erect slender, radical 

 leaves very long-petioled segments narrowly lanceolate 3 (terminal), or 5 

 (three terminal with a pair opposite lower down), stem-leaves two near 

 tbe apex and close together the lower short petioled with 5 segments, the 

 upper sessile with 3 segments, each with axillary racemes ; racemes 

 5-10 fld. bracts ali linear entire much shorter than pedicels, upper petal 

 as long as the straight cyliudric spur. 



