A New Species of Corydalis DC. (Fumariaceae) from Kashmir, North-west Himalaya, India.

While revising the genus Corydalis (Fumariaceae) occurring in the Kashmir Himalaya, Corydalis amarnathiana Dar, Semi & Naqshi is described and illustrated as a new species. This new species is allied to C. thyrsiflora Prain and C. pakistanica Jafri, but can be easily differentiated from them in having only one (shorter and less robust) stem; lower cauline leaves with petioles basally sheathing to half their length, upper cauline leaves forming a whorl; and racemes short and only 5-15(-18)-flowered. It also resembles C. shakyae Lidén in stem characters, but can be easily distinguished from it by the presence of 2-3-pinnatisect leaves, smaller and broader ultimate leaf-segments, and 12-14 mm long flowers