Corydalia.] ploea indica. 269 



glaucis bi-tri-pinnatisectis, bracteis inferioribua lobatis pinnatisectisve, 

 racemo elongate, pedioellis brevissimis, calcare flore sublongiore recto 

 apice recurve v. decurvo, siliquis brevissime pedicellatis, seminibus 

 opacis granulatis. — C. debilis, Hdgm.l in Linn. Soc. Trans, xx. 30. 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali temperata, alt. 8-10,000 pad. : Ku- 

 maon, Str. et TTint.l Garhwal, EdgmorthI Sirmur, Eoyle.'—(El. Jul. 

 Aug.) (v.v.) 



Planta glauca, vage diflruse ramosa, habitu omnino C. SHirica et C. ramosee. 

 i^o/jfllonge petiolata, membranacea; segmentis late cuneato-obovatis oblongiave, 3- 

 5-fidi3, lobis obtusis apiculatisve, integemmis 2-8-crenati8ve. Macemi Btricti, pol- 

 licares. Bracteis varie lobatse v. sectse, rarius integerrimte. Sepala minima, squa- 

 majformia. Petalum posticum apice coucavum, acutum, dorso alatum, ala nunquam 

 lobata, T. nudum. Siliqua lineari-obovata v. late obovato-oblonga. — A C. Siiirica 

 differt, racemis elongatis, calcare longiore non ascendente, pedicellis brevioribua, sili- 

 quis majoribus et latioribus, et prsecipne ab omnibus seminibus opacis granulatis. — 

 A C. Bungeana (e China orta) differt statura, segmentis foliomm amplis, racemo 

 elongato, bracteis multoties minoribus et minus sectis, floribus majoribus flavis (non 

 purpureis), forma petalorum, et siliquis minoribus in stylum non attenuatis. 



Royle describes the spur as erect, but it is not so in his specimens, which are not, 

 however, in seed, and therefore cannot be satisfactorily identified. 



18. C. chserophylla (DC. Prod. i. 128); erecta, robusta, foliosa, 

 ramosa, foliis amplis bi-tritematis pinnatisectisve subtus glaucis, lobis 

 decurrenti-coadunatis ultimis divaricatis varie obtuse incisis, racemis 

 ramosis multifloris, floribus secundis, bracteis parvis lobatis, pedicellis 

 brevissimis, calcare gracili, siliquis parvis lineari-obovatis, seminibus 

 splendentibus.— ^a^/. Cat. 1438!; Tent. M. Nep. 52. t. 40; Bon, 

 Prod. 198. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata, alt. 6-10,000 ped. : Sikkim ! Nipal, 

 Wallich! Kumaon, Madden! — (Tl. Jun. Jul.) (u. ».) 



Radix valida, lignosa, fuaiformis. Caules elati, foliosi, camosuK, glaucescentes, 

 2-4-pedales. Folia longe petiolata, pedalia, lamina spithamaea, triaecta, lobis prima- 

 riis longe petiolulatia, demum bi-tritematis pinuatifidisque, laciniis varie incisis, ulti- 

 mis linearibus obtusis divaricatis. Macemi compositi, e basi divisi, ramis strictis, 

 basi foliosis. Mores plurimi, aurei, gracilea, \ poll, longi. Sepala minima. Calcar 

 elongatum, rectum v. asceudens, flore longius, appendice filiformi. Petala exte- 

 riora apice concava, acuminata, dorso breviter cristata. Siliquis parvse, patentes, -I 

 poll. long£e, breve pedicellata;, lincari-obovatEe. Semina pauca. 



A remarkably handsome, most distinct species, well figured in "Wallich's ' Ten- 

 tamen,' where, however, the specimen represented is young, and the spur is very 

 much shorter than in any of his own or our individuals. 



19. C. geraniifolia (H.f. et T.) ; suberecta, ramosa, foliosa, foliis 

 deltoideis ternatim sectis, segmentis bipinnatifidis v. basi pinnatisectis, 

 laciniis lineari-oblongis decurrenti-coadunatis inciso-lobatis, racemo ra- 

 moso, bracteis foliaceis incisis, calcare gracili flore longiore, petalis ex- 

 terioribus concavis acutis dorso vix alatis, siliquis secundis patulis breve 

 pedicellatis lineari- v. eUiptico-obovatis, seminibus splendentibus. 



Hab. In Himalayse orientalis exterioris temperatse sylvis : Sikkim, 

 alt. 8-9000 ped.!— (PI. Sept.) (v. v.) 

 A C. charophylla, quae affinis, difiert, lobulis foliorum acumiuatis, racemis breviori- 



