CORYTTALTS JUNCEA. 
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raceme, an inch in length, but afterwards gradually increasing to twice or thrice that 
dimension, supported by the slender continuation of the stem. lira cl ex linear, oblong, 
cuspidate, striated, their base embracing the rachis ; at first about three lines long, 
exceeding the peduncles; afterward considerably increasing, until they become half an 
inch or more in length, under the fruit-bearing, filiform peduncles, which they nearly 
equal. Sepals cristate. Petals purple at their upper end ; lamina of the lower one 
rounded; mouth slightly open. Spur transversal, slender, tapering. Siliqua compres¬ 
sed, linear, acute at both ends, crowned, deflexed ; I have not seen it in its ripe state. 
It has much resemblance to, and probably belongs to the same section with C. verticil- 
lams, and oppositifolia, De Cand. Syst. nat. ii. p. 114. 
Corydalis Goveniana, Wall. Radice . . . Foliis omnibus petiolatis, oblongis, 
bipinnatis; pinnis cuneatis, profunde pinnatifidis, Iineari-oblongis, obtusis cum cuspi- 
dula,integris vel bilobis ; racemis laxis, secundis ; bracteis cuneiformibus, inciso-lobatis, 
pedunculos superantibus, supremis Ianceolatis, integris. 
A specimen of this beautiful plant w as communicated to me in 1819, by Dr.Govan, 
who had found it on the mountains of Gurwal. It seems to be intermediate between 
Corydalis nobilis and bracteata. The radical leaf measures about a span in length, 
including its petiol, and is of an oblong contour, -with about five pairs ofopposit etpinner, 
each an inch and a half, or two inches long, the lower three short-petioled, the rest 
sessile. Leaflets alternate, an inch long, cuneate, deeply divided into three to five 
linear-oblong, entire or two-cleft lobes, obtuse, with a short point. Stem seemingly 
simple, slender, with a pair of long-petioled, pinnate leaves, which are three or four 
inches long, with leaflets resembling those described above. In one specimen, the 
cauline leaves are opposite ; in another, alternate and remote. Racemi rounded or 
oblong, with unilateral, crowded, yellow flowers entirely resembling those of C. nobilis . 
All the bractcs, except the uppermost, are foliaceous, subimbricate, cuneate at the base, 
divided at the end into three to five linear, acuminate lobes; they are as far as an inch 
long, and exceed considerably the peduncles: those at the apex of the raceme are 
lanceolate and entire. Calycine leaflets reniform, lariniato-dentate. Calcar Iona-, 
transversal. Fruit not seen. 
Fitmarm parm/bra, Lam. This is the only genuine East Indian species of the 
genus, which I an. acquainted with. I have a very common and tedious weed 
in vegetable gardens throughout Hindustan, where it blossoms and hears fruit in the 
cold weather, and the beginning of the hot season. It is also found in similar situation, 
in the great valley of Nipal, and at Noakote. The plant is very branchy, fleshy and 
glaucous, with angular stem, and much subdivided leaves; the ultimate segments 
are linear channeled- Flower, pale pink, with green and purple summit. '.Sepals 
fimbria o- entate. Capsule round, with scarcely any terminal point, supported by a 
thick, Reshy peduncle, which is longer than the bracte. Among the late Dr lleynes 
‘. here f are SOme S P eci 1 ,ne i ns label,ed “ Fbmaria officinalis, 28 M November 
1816 which as far as regards the leaflets, certainly resemble that species more than 
parvffiora; they are broad,sh, oblong-cuneate, with oblong segments; but the capsule 
is globular, and not emarginate. capsule 
In Bengalee this plant is called Bun-Sulpha ; in Hindustanee Sulpha-saua It 
possesses a bittensh taste. Dr. VVI.i,claw Ainslie speaks of it in his valuable Materia 
Med tea oj Hindustan, p. 10, under the name of Fumaria officinalis, beinc i„ use 
among the Mahometans a diuretic, as employed in maniacal cases, and as a diob 
struent. He says it is called Pitpapra in Hindustanee, Shoutra in Persian and Duk 
hanee, and Bucklutulmelic in Arabic. d Uuk * 
