Cori/dalis.] flora indica. 261 



foliis radicalibus caulinisque gracile petiolatis laxe biternatim pinnati- 

 sectis, pinnis longe petiolulatis, pinnulis late obovatis oblongisve lobatis, 

 segmentis latis, racemis oppositifoliis paucifloris bracteatis, sepalis par- 

 vis, petalo postico longe calcarato, antico apice subspathulato acumi- 

 nato, siliquis elongato-liiiearibus rectis torulosis. 



Hab. In sylvis Himalayss temperatEe orientalis interioris : Bhotan, 

 Griffith! Sikkim, alt. 8000 ped.!— (Fl. Jul. Aug.) {v. v.) 



Herba diffusa, rhizomate ssepius elongate, prostrato, fibras crassas emittente. Rami 

 prostrati, debfles, spithamEei. Folia alterna v. subverticillata, longe et gracile petio- 

 lata, 3-6 unc. longa, petiole basi dilatato, pinnis subalteruis longe et graeUe petiolulatis, 

 pinnnlis -^-1 uno. longis membranaceis obovatis vai'ie sectis rarius integerrimis. 

 BMcemi semper oppositifolii, apice 2-5-flori, pedunculo foliis a:quilongo. Bractea 

 pedicello longiores, obovato- v. anguste elongato-cuneatae, apice lacerte. Mores 

 pallide sordide purpurei, augnsti, 1 poU. longi. Sepala parva, oblonga, scariosa, 

 lacera. Peialum posticam ooncavum, aenminatum, dorso alatum, in calcar flora 

 longius elongatum curvum anguatum productum ; appendice gracUi, \ calcaris 

 sequante. Ovarium stylum gracilem superans. Siliqua l-lJ-poU., recta v. paullo 

 curva, valvis torulosis. Semina uniseriata, atra, compressa, rotundato-reniformia, 

 nitida, impunctata, arillo bilobo latiusculo instructa. 



In general appearance this species resembles branching specimens of the C. longi- 

 flora, Bunge, of the Altai ; it has, however, a more branched prostrate stem, and has 

 not a bulbous root, nor the sheathing scales at the base of the petioles ; it has also 

 much larger sepals, winged upper petals, and more slender pods. Griffith's speci- 

 mens are in an exceedingly unsatisfactory state, and may possibly be made up of 

 more than one species. Of these his n. 1752 is neither in flower nor fruit, and 

 n. 1152 has very young flowers aud imperfect pods: the flowers are smaller than 

 in the Sikkim specimens, their spurs shorter, and the wing on the lateral petals 

 broader. 



Sect. 3. — Siliqua late elliptico-ovata v. globosa, iuflata. Seminahi- 

 seriata. Radix fibrosa. 



4. C. crassifolia (Royle, lU. 69) ; crasse coriacea, glauca, caule 

 simplici, foliis late oblongis reniformibusve 3-sectis pinnatiaectisve, seg- 

 mentis cuneatis, racemo multifloro bracteato, petalis exterioribus calcar 

 obtusum sequantibus. 



Q. crassissima ; foliis caulinis sessilibus petiolatisve trilobis. — C. 

 crassissima, Cambess. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 13. t. 11; Thomson in Hook. 

 Journ. Bot. 18B8, v. p. 17 |- iv. t. 9. 



/3. physocarpa ; foliis petiolatis pinnatisectis. — C. physocarpa, 

 Cambess. in Jacq. Voy. I. c. t. 13. 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali interior! et Tibetica, alt. 14-16,000 

 ped.: Piti, Jacquemont! Kunavvar, Munro / Kishtwar! Ladak I Zan- 

 skar !— (Fl. Jul.) (v. v.) 



BJdzoma crassura, elongatum, spithamseum et ultra, fibras simpUces crassas emit- 

 tens. CauHs simplex, spithamseus vel pedalis, basi nudus, superne foliosus, apice 

 floriferus. Folia radicalia pauca v. nulla ; caulina 1-3, interdum solitaria, sessilia, 

 latissime reniformia, 2-5 poll, lata, varie grosse crenata et lobata, v. 2-3-secta; in 

 var. ;8. petiolata, oblonga, pinnatiseeta ; pinnis 1-3-jugis, oblongis obcuneatisve, varie 

 obtuse lobatis incisisve. Racemus 1-2-poUicaris, bracteatus, simplex v. basi ramosus. 

 Bractea coriacese. Acres superautes v. iis breviores, lanceolatsE, obovatso, iutegerrima; 



