360 FLORA INDICA. [FumaTiacea . 



sectis subtus glanois, racemis oppositifoliis fructiferis elongatis, petalo 

 postico apice spatlmlato-obcordato planiusculo sub-bifido calcar latum 

 obtusura ajquante v. superante, antico lineari coucavo, lateralibus li- 

 beris, siliquis tortuosis. ' 



Hab. la vallibus humidis Himalayae temperatse : 'Sikkim, alt. 9000 

 ped.! — (Fl. Jun.) (v. v.) 



CauHs 2-3-petlalis, debilis, laxe ramosns. Folia 4 unc. vel splthamffia, lineari- 

 oblonga; pinnis laxis, alternis, superioribus pinnatifidiB ; pinnulis obovato-oblongia 

 apiculatis p'osse obtuse lobatis, pinnatifidisve, petiolo basi vix dilatato. Racemi 

 secnndi, foliis eequilongi, fructiferi graeiles, pedales, multiflori ; iractea subulatiE. 

 Hepala minima, squamulseformia, orbicularia, fimbriato-lacera. Petalum posticum 

 eurvum, apice dilatatnm, emarginato-bifidiam, lateribus recurvis ; anticum aDgnstum, 

 coucavum, apice rotundatum emarginatum ; petala lateralia apice crassa, oblique rotun- 

 data, infra apicem coadunata ; synematis appendice libera, carva, calcaris \ a?quaute. 

 Ovarium lineare, stylo gracili Eeqnilougo. Ovula plurima, 3-seriata. Siliciuie ad- 

 modum singulares, gracile pedicellatse, |— 1 poll. longEE, 1 lin. lata;, flexuosEc et tortfe, 

 stylo gracili elongato termiuata? ; valvce membranacea;, torulosa;. Semiva parva, 

 atra, nitida, rcniformi-globosa, subcompressa ; testa punctata crassiuscula ; funiculo 

 luagno elongato crasso apice acumiiiato. 



A most remarliable species, easily recognized by the tortuous pod and the curious 

 funicle of the seed. The broad posticous petal allies it to C. diphylla and others, 

 and the habit to C. charopliylla. The spur varies a good deal in length, and the 

 appeudix is quite free. The lateral petals are united at a point some way below their 

 apices, producing a gibbosity which no other Himalayan species known to us possesses. 



2. C. flaccida (H.f. et T.) ; elata, ramosa, foliis subtriternatim 

 pinnatisectis, pinuulis oblongiis ovatis v. rotundatis, racemis brevibus, 

 sepalis late ovatis aciitis erosis, petalo postico apice spathulato emar- 

 ginato-bilobo calcav eurvum superante, autico apice rotundato. 



Hab. In sylvis humidis Himalayas temperatse orientalis : Sikkim, 

 alt. 11-12,000 ped.!— (Fl. Jun. Jul.) {v. v.) 



Heria robusta, 2-3-pedalis, foliosa, ramosa; caule crassiusculo. Folia 6-polI. 

 vel pedalia, circumscriptione ovato-oblonga v. subdeltoidca, valde membrauacea, vix 

 glauca ; foliola i-f unc. lata, petiolulata, ultima sessilia, iuterdum cordaia, varie 

 inciso-lobata V. subpiunatifida ; segmentis obtusis, apiculatis; caulinorum ^/?^ko/2 basi 

 vix dilatati, radicalium subvaginantes. Bacemi terminales et axillares, 4-0-pollicarcs, 

 basi foliolis sessilibus decorapositis bracteati. Flores subconferti, breve et gracile 

 pedieellati, ^-^ poll, longi, pallide fusco-purpurei ; hractea lineares, apice dilatati, 

 infcriores laciniati v. foliacei. Sepala pro genere ampla. Fetala exteriora fere 

 recta, planiuscula, consimilia, dorso apices versus anguste carinata, appendice crassa 

 libera calcar f ffiquantes, intei'iora infra medium superiori adnata. Ovarium elon- 

 gatum, stylum gracilem superans ; ovulis plurimis. Siliqua immatura auguste li- 

 nearis, recta, stylum elongatum superans, matura (e replis persistentibus tantum 

 visis) 1^ poll, longa. 



This very handsome species agrees in the structure of the flower and habit with C 

 ophiocarpa, but differs in the more compound not glaucous leaves, smaller, broader, 

 more laciniate pinnules, axillary or termiual short racemes, which have not secuud 

 flowers, larger, very different bracts, purplish flowers, large sepals, keeled upper and 

 lower petals, the lateral petals being adnate to the upper, and in the form of the ovary 

 and pods. Our specimens are in flower, but we have a few with very old pods, the 

 valves and seeds of which have fallen away : from these remains, however, we con- 

 fidently place it in the present section. 



3. C leptocarpa (H.f. etT.); caule breviusculodebiiivage ramose. 



