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Corydalis (TRIBE Fumarieae of ORD)

TRIBE Fumarieae of ORD. Papaveraceae. Of the dozen species embraced in this genus six are North American, and the rest inhabit West Asia or the Himalayas. To those described on p. 383, Vol. I., the following--all perennials--should now be added:

C. aurea speciosa (showy). A synonym of C. pallida.

C. Gortschakowi (Gortschakow's). fl. golden-yellow, 3/4in. long; spur equalling the obtuse petals; racemes elongated, dense, terminal. l. bipinnatisect, the radical ones 5in. to 6in. long; segments of the lower leaves obovate-oblong, with a few deep teeth. Stem erect, leafy, very simple or branched from the base, 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. high. Alatau and Turkestan, 1885. (R. G. 1183) C. pallida (pale). fl., sepals very small; corolla golden-yellow, with a pale brown patch on the dorsal petal, 1in. long; racemes 1in. to 5in. long, many-flowered. March. l. tripinnatisect; leaflets very variable, oblong, obovate, or cuneate, variously cut. h. 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. China and Japan, 1884. (B. M. 6826.) SYN. C. aurea speciosa (R. G. 1861, 343) C. Sewerzovi (Sewerzow's). fl. few, distant, on slender pedicles; corolla golden-yellow, with a brownish tip to the spur, the tube gibbously convex below. June. l. glaucous, rather fleshy, the lower ones opposite or in a false whorl, 9in. long or less, pinnatisect, petiolate; cauline ones large, sessile, broadly cuneate. h. 8in. to 12in. Western Turkestan, 1885. (B. M. 6896; R. G. 1077.)