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THE ALPINE AND SUB-ALPINE VEGETATION 
thread ; in the original Chumbi specimens the colour is given yellow as reported by the 
native collector ; the anterior part of the corolla is a deep blue with a little green and 
still less yellow ; upper petals crested very distinctly, 1—1*2 cm. long, including spur 
which is strongly uptilted, obtuse ; lower petal boat-shaped with a constriction in the 
middle, keeled distinctly ; laterals coherent. Stamens with broad elliptic white trans- 
lucent filaments. Style 1 mm., filiform j fruit immature 8 mm. long, 2*6 mm. broad, 
linear-oblong. 
Chamnago, 12,000 ft., No. 3658. Chumbi, at Ta-Ohey Kung, No. 625 King** 
collector ! 
76. Corydalis chaerophylla DC. 
Karponang, Fieunggong, Ningbil, 9 — 13,000 ft,, Nos. 2977, 3881. 
4162. Common. 
76. Corydalis geraniifolia H. f. & T. 
Lachung valley, 9,000 ft. Gammie ! 
77. Corydalis meifolia Wall. 
Sherabthang, Yak La, 14—15,000 ft.. Nos. 3573, 3776. 
Flowers in a dense flat corymb with very stout pedicles one inch or less. Corolla 
yellow with a purple base and spur, a green band on either side of the crest and on either 
side of the keel. Posterior petal broad with two yellow wings and a high yellow crest 
ending in a very short obtuse down-turned spur, only | length of lamina. Anterior 
petal stout with a very broad keel and purplish base. Lateral petals with linear claws, 
apices stout adherent ridged and crested, inner surface grooved and purple at tip. 
TAB. sikkimensis Prain 
Ningbil, 14,000 ft., No. 4214. 
78. Corydalis latifiora H. f. & T. 
Nathui La, Chola, Gaoring, 14—15,000 ft.. Nos. 3486, 3682, 3988. 
Petals a light blue with many minute darker blue spots. The upper ^nd lower 
petals are each marked 1 mm. from the apex, by a pair of eye-like spots black behind 
greenish-yellow before. Posterior petal 1*6 cm., or less, *6 cm. broad stout, firm, 
shortly crested, winged more, apex triangular firm ; spur 1 mm. obtuse, curved down- 
wards. Anterior petal boat-shaped, 1*2 cm. long, with firm triangular apex. 
Laterals 1 cm., upper half purplish, lower bluish white, grooved sagittate in front, 
keeled and ridged behind, coherent at the apex by a whitish twin horse-shoe. 
79. Corydalis Stracheyi Duthie 
Sherabthang, Gnatong, Toga, 13 — 14,000 ft., Nos. 3552, 3567, 
3930. 4067. Common. 
