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67. Corydalis Govaniana, Weill. h.f,b.i,, i. 124. 



Sans. ' — Bhutakesi. 



Vern. : — Bhutkis, bhutkesi (H. and B. I 



Hahitat : — Western Himalayas, 8-120,00 feet, from Kinnaon 

 to Kashmir. 



Herbs witli a presistent woody rootstock. which latter is often 

 branched, crowded with red leaf-sheaths. Stem stont, 1-2 ft., as 

 thick as the thumb, almost naked, or with 1-2 leaves near the 

 top. Radical leaves nearly equalling the stem, many oblong, 

 2-pinnatisect, long-petioled, cuneate, lanceolate, cut into linear 

 segments, 2 near the base. Cauline leaves 1-2 or 0. Racemes 2-4 

 in.long, terminal, dense, many-flowered. Bracts broadly 

 cuneate, exceeding the pedicels cut about the middle. Flowers 

 1 in. long, bright yellow, posticous petal convex, back wing very 

 broad, limb shorter than the curved slender spur. Capsule J-f 

 in. Style persistent, half its length. 



Part used : — The root. 



Uses : — The root is supposed to be tonic, diuretic and altera- 

 tive, and is prescribed in syphilitic, scrofulous and cutaneous 

 affections, in the dose of from 10 to 30 grains. The drug is 

 also often used in the form of a decoction or tincture. (Watt). 



68. C. ramosa, Wall, h.f.b.i., i. 125. 



Habitat: — Alpine Himalaya, from Sikkim to Kashmir. 



A glaucous herb. Stem procumbent, weak-branched, 1-2 

 ft. ^clwarf at high elevations), often leafy, flexuous. Radical 

 leaves few or many, long-petioled, 2-3-times divided ; alternate 

 segments small, narrow-oblong or linear. Leaves finally decom- 

 pound. Racemes terminal, many, lax, many-flowered. Bracts 

 cut into linear lobes, 1-5 in., flowers \ in. long, yellow ; posticous 

 petal dorsal ly winged, hooded or shorter than the obtuse spur. 

 Style persistent, pedicels deflexed. Capsules ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse. Seeds shining, numerous. 



Hooker mentions 3 varieties. 



Use : — Dr. Aitchison, in his Flora of the Kurram Volley, 

 says that in Kurram this is employed b\^ the natives in the 

 treatment of eye diseases, like all other plants, with yellow sap. 

 It is there called Mamiran. 



