26 D. Prain — Some additional Fumaviaceaa. r Xo. 1, 



Hoots numerous tufted from sides and base of very short stock. Stems 2-3 feet 

 high. Radical petioles 1-lJ feet, cauline 6 in., petiolnles \ in., Iamina3 3 in. across. 

 Flowers J-l in. bright yellow, the upper petal equalling the straight spur, both outer 

 petals broadly winged. Capsules ovate. 



This very fine species much resembles C. thyrxijlora (C. Gortschakovii H. f. & 

 T., vix Schrenk); it has very similar fiower3 and fruits. Bat though in general 

 habit these two agree so closely they are in reality extremely different ; C. thyrsi- 

 flora has pinnate, not ternate leaves, and has a long fusiform rootstock, not a dense 

 tuft of fibrous roots. 



15. (8.) CORYDALIS CRITHMIFOLIA Roijle. 



16. (9.) CORYDALIS FALCONERI E. f. fy> T. 



17. ( — .) CORYDALIS MUCKONIFERA Maxim. Flnr. Tangut. 51, t. 

 24 f. 19 ; stem short breaking into diffuse csespitose branches from the 

 base, leaves petioled 3-sect, segments shortly stalked 3-partite, ultimate 

 lobes linear oblong obtuse ; racemes few-fid., flowers hidden among the 

 large rhomboid flabellate-multifid bracts. 



Eastern Himalaya : Phari, at Ting, Dr. King's Collectors ! Disteib. 

 Tibet, 



Glaucous ; rootstock cylindric -^ in. diam. 2-3 in. long; stems 1^-2 in. ; radical 

 leaves numerous with flattened winged petioles ^-f in. long, narrower than the leaf- 

 segments. Flowers yellow \ in., sepals small laciniate, spur slightly incurved 

 shorter than the upper lip which is nncrested or has only a slight crest near middle ; 

 ovary oval 4-5-ovnled rather longer than style ; fruit oblong usually 2-seeded 

 twice as long as persistent style, sharply defiexed and buried amongst the bracts 

 by an abrupt curvature of the apex of pedicel ; seeds black, shining. 



The only difference between the plant from Phari and that of North Tibet is 

 that the leaf-segments and the tips of the laeinise of the bracts are not mucronate 

 in the southern locality. However, as Mr. Maximowicz's figures and description 

 explain, they are not always mucronate even in the original locality. 



18. ( — .) CORYDALIS Hendersonii Hemsley, Joum. Linn. Soc. 

 xxx. 109 (1894) ; small, stoutish, glabrous, slightly branched, leaves 

 long petioled 3-fid, radical many withering, cauline numerous close-set, 

 segments long stalked 3-sect, ultimate lobes also long stalked and twice 

 tripartite lobules oblong obtuse very small with or without a very short 

 terminal muero; racemes congested few-fid., flowers almost hidden 

 among the large foliaceous bracts. C. tibetica Henders. Lahore to 

 Yarlcand, p. 309 nee H. f. Sf T. 



N".-W. Himalaya : Zo-gi-la, Stewart! Taglang Pass, Eeyde ! Disteib. 

 Tarkand (Henderson !) ; Tibet (Thorold /). 



Glaucescent; rootdoclt cylindric T ^ in. diam. 2 to 3 in. or more long; steins 

 2-3 in. ; all the leaves with flattened winged petioles 1 in. long \ in. across, their mar- 

 gins beset with very small glandular hairs, petiolules | in. ultimate lobules narrowly 

 spathulate mucronate or not. Flowers yellow f in. long, sepals small obliquely 

 triangular subentire, subpersistent ; spur straight almost as long as upper lip which 

 is boat-shaped with slighty reflexed margins and uucrested ; ovary oval 10-ovuled 



