1896.] D. Prain — Some additional Fnmariaceaa. 39 



natisect, lobes 4-5-jugate, ultimate segments 1-3-jugately 3-partite, 

 lobules subacute, radical rather few not larger than scattered cauline ; 

 racemes simple laxly 12-20-fld., bracts linear-lanceolate entire half as 

 long as pedicels ; capsules widely elliptic compressed ; seeds 2-seriate. 

 Boiss. Flor. Orient, i. 131. 



British Beluchistan : Ziarat, Lace n. 3768 ! A. V. Monro ! 

 Distrib. Persia. 



Rootstock stout woody, crowned with withered sheaths. Stems 4— 12 in. branched 

 from base. Leaves 6-8 in. (petioles 4 in.), lobes remote. Flowers |-f in. long, 

 lower pedicels J in. ; sepals ovate acuminate ; petals without wings, yellow, upper 

 three times as long as obtuse spur, lower distinctly saccate at base. Capsule \ in. 

 long \ in. wide. 



Nearest among Indian species, to C. adunca with which it agrees in habit and 

 foliage, but differing from the other Indian members of the group by its wide 

 capsule. M. Boissier has inadvertently described the outer petals as broadly winged. 

 Through the kindness of M. Barbey the writer has been able to examine flowers of 

 the type specimens in Herb. Boissier ; in all of them the outer petals are with- 

 out wings precisely as in the Beluchistan plant. 



47. (1.) Cortdalis ophiocarpa H. f. fy T. C. streptocarpa 

 Maxim. Mel. Biol. x. 48 ; Bull. Ac. Imp. Petersb xxiv. 30 ; Flor. Tangut. 

 50, t. 11, fig. 9-20. 



Distrib. China. 



This species has a saccate spur ; as, moreover, recent specimens collected by Mr. 

 Pantling have an elongated rootstock, it seems to be more naturally located alongside 

 of C. adunca, C. flaoellata and C. adiantifolia which, like itself, have 1-seriate seeds. 

 Mr. Pantling reports the flowers as white. Mr. Maximowicz's species the writer can- 

 not differentiate from this. 



48. ( — .) Cortdalis adunca Maxim. Bull. Ac. Imp. Petersb. 

 xxiv. 29 ; glaucous, stems branded, leaves all lotig-petioled 2-pinnati- 

 sect lobes 4-5-jugate, ultimate segments 1-2-jugate 3-partite, lobules 

 ovate-oblong obtuse, radical ratlier few not larger than scattered cau- 

 line ; racemes simple laxly 12-20 fid., bracts linear-lanceolate, entire, 

 almost as long as pedicels; capsules linear, seeds 1-seriate. Maxim. 

 Mel. Biol. x. 47 ; Flor. Tangut. 46 t. 6 ; Flor. Mongol. 38, syn. C. Schelez- 

 nowiana Rgl. 8r Schmalh. exclus. 



N\-W. Himalaya : Kamaon ; exposed dry rocks near Nabhi in 

 Kutti Valley, 12,000 feet, Duthie n, 2707 ! Distrib. Kansu, Mongolia, 

 Tangut, Turkestan. 



Rootstock stont woody, crowned with withered sheaths. Stems 6-18 in. branch- 

 ed from base. Leaves 5-6 in. (petioles 2J-3 in.) lobes remote. Flowers f in., lower 

 pedicels \ in. ; sepals ovate-acuminate ; petals yellow, upper three times as long as 

 obtuse spur. Capsule \-\ in. long \ in. wide. 



Of Indian species this is nearest to C flabellata and C. adiantifolia but differs from 

 both in its foliage, which more resembles that cf C. rupestris. C. albicaulis Fr&nch. 



