Corydalis.'] flora indioa. 267 



bracteis pinnatisectis lobia linearibus, petalis exterioribus apice obtusis 

 dorsolate v.anguste alatis. — Karel. et Kiril. En. Plant. Alt. 59, Herb. 

 1188!; Led. M.Alt. \. 746. 



Hab. In Himalaya Tibetica alpiiia, alt. 10-15,000 ped. ; Guge, Str. 

 et Wint.l Kunawar et Kashmir, Jacquetnont! — (M. Jul. Aug.) {y.v) 



DisTEiB. Soongaria ! 



Statura variabilis, caule simplioi v. ramoso ; habitus 0. Moorcrqftianis, sed dif- 

 fert racemia noti glanduloso-puberulis, et bracteis magis pianatisectis. Folia radica- 

 lia simpliciter pinnatisecta v. decomposito-bi-tripinnatisecta. Petala exteriora apice 

 alata, ala angusta v. lata, interdum idtra apicem petali producta. Siliqua et semina 

 C. Moorcroftiance. — ^Exemplar authenticum a Karek et Kiril. missum caulem simpli- 

 cem 1-2-foliatuni exbibet, foliaque simpliciter pinnatisecta. 



We have but one authentic specimen of the Soongarian C. Gortschakovii, which 

 agrees perfectly with a small unbranched state of our Tibetan plant. Amongst a few 

 fragments of plants brought to us (when in Sikkim) from Nepalese Tibet, are racemes 

 of a Corydalis apparently intermediate between C. Moorcroftiana and 0. Gortscha- 

 kovii, having the glandular pubescence of the former plant, and the bracts of the 

 latter. • 



15. C. ramosa (Wall. Cat. 1434 !) ; bumilis v. elata, glauca, car- 

 uosula V. membranacea, caule gracili ilexuoso ramoso, foliis petiolatis in 

 segmenta linearia acuta flabellatim v. ternatim bi-tri-pinnatisectis, ra- 

 cemis ramos divaricatos terminantibus, calcare latiusculo obtuso flore 

 sequilongo, petalis exterioribus apice cuoullatis subacutis dorso alatis 

 ala angusta v. lata integra v. lacera, siliqua late elliptica, seminibus 

 splendentibus. 



a. ramosa; caule elongato debili ramoso, foliorum lobis plerumque 

 angustis, bracteis pinnatifidis, ala petali dorsalis lata subintegra, pedi- 

 cellis elongatis. 



j8. vaginans; caule elongato debili ramoso, foliorum lobis latioribns 

 membranaceis, bracteis pinnatifidis, ala petali dorsalis lata laciniata, 

 pedicellis elongatis. — C. vaginans, Royle, III. 68. 



y. nana; pumila, glauca, caule brevi simplici v. ramoso, foliis fla- 

 bellatim pinnatisectis palmatiseotisve, petalo dorsali vix alato. — C. nana, 

 Royle, III. 68. 



Hab. a. et yS. Per totam Himalayam temperatam, alt. 6-13,000 ped.; 

 a Sikkim ! ad Kashmir ! a. locis editioribus ; (3. depressioribus. — y. In 

 Himalaya Tibetica alpina, alt. 13-15,000 ped.; Kumaon et Guge, Str. 

 et Wint.! Kunawar, Jacquemont! — (Fl. eestate.) {v. ».) 



Species pleramque humifusa, cauhbus elongatis v. locis alpinis abbreviatis, 2-polli- 

 caris v. bipedalis. Radix fusiformis, elongata. Caulis ssepissime debilis, laxe vage di- 

 varicatim ramosus, glaucns, sicco viridis v. atro-fuscus. Folia radicalia in var. nana 

 plurima, in var. vaginante pauca, omnia petiolata. Uaoemi 1-5 poll, longi. Flores 

 4 poll, longi, subsecundi, flavi. Pedicelli i-^-polUcares, fructiferi decurvi. Sepala 

 squamseformia, crassiuscula, opaca, fimbriata. Petaium exterius apice cucullatum, 

 plerumque dorso ala lata laeera cristatum, sed interdum vix carinatnm. Siliqua pe- 

 diceUo brevi v. elongato eurvo subpendnla, ^-% unc. longa, stylo breviore terminata, 

 obovato-elliptica, planiuscula. Semina pauca, minutissime punctulata, siJendentia. 



AH our dried specimens, and these are exceedingly numerous, from almost every 

 province between Sikkim and Kashmir, are of a peculiar grey glaucous hue ; they 

 are excessively variable in stature and habit, and the size, depth, and lobing of the 



