126 IX. FUMARiACE^. [Corydalis. 



obtuse spur. Capsule \-\ in., linear, or linear obovate, style very short.— -Very variable, 

 and possibly a form of O. ramosa. Wallich's figure of C. longipea is unlike_ his specimen 

 or those of any other plant, and is probably made up of severd allied species. 



17. C. cornuta, Eoyle III. 69 ; glaucous, decumbent, branched, leaves 

 2-3-pinnate, pinnae cuneate-obovate or oblong, racemes terminal many- 

 flowered dense elongate, bracts small entire or cut, spur straight or tip 

 hooked, seeds opaque. H.f.&T.Fl.Ind.'im. CdL.^SSSs,Edgew.inTraM. 

 Linn. Soc. xx. 30. 



Tbmpeeate Hislalaya, alt. 8-10,000 ft., from Kumaon, Strach. & Wint., to Kashmir, 

 T.T. _ . . , ■ 



Habit of C. ramosa and sibirica. Leaves long-petioled, ultimate segments 3-5-fid, 

 lobes rounded. Flowers 4-1 in., yellow, tips purple; racemes 1-3 in. Fostieous petal 

 convex, acute, dorsally winged, shorter than the cylindric spur. Capsules variable^ 

 linear-oboyate or obovate-oblong ; style short, persistent ; pedicels short defiexed. 



18. C. ch£eropIiylIa, BO. Prodr. i. 128 ; stem erect leafy branched, 

 leaves deltoid decompound, racemes terminal panicled, lower bracts leafy, 

 spur slender. Wall. Cat. 1428 ; Tent. Fl. Nip. t. 40 (spur too short) ; Don 

 Prbdr. im\ E.f.& T. Fl. Ind. 269. C. geraniif olia, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 269. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 6-10,000 ft. ; from Sikkim to Kumaon. 



Stem 2-4 ft., branched above. Leaves pale beneath ; lower and radical 6-10 in., 

 long-petioled, upper suhsessile, lower pinnae petioled, second and third decurrent, ulti- 

 mate segments oblong, acute or acuminate. Flowers | in., golden-yellow, slender; 

 bracts oval or oblong, cut, upper entire. Posticous petal concave, acute, dorsal wing 

 naiTow, shorter than the spur. Capsules J in., broad-linear or linear-obovate, spreading; 

 pedicels short. Seeds few, shining. — C. geraniifolia is a large lax leafy state, with 

 much-cut bracts and more acute segments, found in humid districts of Sikkim. 



**** Eoot fusiform. Stem simple or branched. Spur short saccate (ex- 

 cept 24, crassifolia), 



t Leaves 2-3-pinnatisect or decompound. 



19. C. latlflora, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 370 ; dwarf, glaucous, stem simple, 

 leaves 2-3-piunate cauline 2 opposite, flowers 3-6 subumbellate, bracts 

 linear. 



Alpine Himalaya ; Tunkra pass in Sikkim, alt. 15,000 ft., H. f. 



Bootstoch slender, 6-12 in., with many membranous oblong mncronate scales \-\ in. 

 long. Stem or scape 2-4 in. Leaves many, 1-2 in., ovate or ovate-deltoid, long- 

 petioled; pinnse petioled, alternate, small, linear-oblong, acute. Flowers fin. long, 

 very broad, pale blue, tips yellow; bracts J-li n., equalling the pedicels. Posticous 

 petal broadly winged, much larger than the obtuse spur. 



20. C. stricta, Stephan; stout erect, simple or branched, leaves thick, 

 2-pinnate sheaths rigid, cauline similar, alternate, racemes short simple or 

 branched, bracts small subulate, capsules linear pendulous. Led. Fl. Alt. 

 iii. 244 ; Ic. Fl. Poss. t. 56. C. astragalina, S.f. S T. Fl. Ind. 270. 



WESTJiEK Tibet, alt. 14-16,000 ft. in Nari, Jaca-mmcmt, and Ladak, T. T.— Disteib. . 

 Altai Mts. 



Bootstock crowned with rigid shining leaf-bases. Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves many, 

 3-6 in., petioles long, oval or oblong, glaucous, pinnules cut into linear-oblong lobes. 

 Flowers f-i in., yellow ; pedicels short, slender, pendulous ; bracts white, membranous. 

 Sepals lanceolate from a broad ovate obliquely cordate fimbriate base. Posticous petal 

 nearly flat, abruptly acuminate, margins membranous, tip recurved. Capsules 1-14 in. ; 

 style short, rigid. Seeds large shining. 



21. C. meifolia, Wall. Tent. Flor. Nip. 52 t. 41 ; Cat. 1427 ; stem stout 

 erect leafy, leaves decompound segments linear or capUlary, racemes 



