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67 . Corydalis Govaniana, Wall, h.f.b.i., i. 124 . 
Sans. : — Bhutakesi. 
Vern.: — Bhutkis, bhutkesi (H, and B.) 
Habitat : — Western Himalayas, 8-120,00 feet, from Kumaon 
to Kashmir. 
Herbs with a presistent woody rootstock, which latter is often 
branched, crowded with red leaf-sheaths. Stem stout, 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 
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.iq I. 125 . 
Habitat : — Alpine Himalaya, from Sikkim to Kashmir. 
A glaucous herb. Stem procumbent, weak-branched, 1-2 
ft. (dwarf 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 dorsally 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 Valley, 
says that in Kurram this is employed by the natives in the 
treatment of eye diseases, like all other plants, with yellow sap. 
It is there called Mamiran. 
