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obsitum ampliatae, deinde angustatae et inanes versus 
apicem prolongatae stigmata formant; gemmularum inte- 
gumentum utrumque arcte appositum. Oapsula mediani- 
cide in valvas tres ad dimidium dehiseit; semina vix 1" 
longa omnino exalbuminosa, testä interiore incrassatä, 
exteriore tenuiore reticulatä arcte appositä. 
Seapi plerumqgue 1—2" alti, rarius ad 3de, Folia 
longe petiolata, petiolo laminam 2—6plo superante, pro- 
funde cordata, reniformia, acuta, plerumque 15"" longa 
et 10" Jata, rarius majora; caulinum solitarium plerumgue 
in scapi dimidiä altitudine, e basi cordatä et fimbriatä 
scapum amplectente acutum vel acuminatum. 
Synon. P. Schmidii (Zenker, Plantae Indicae, Decas 
I. pag. 3. tab. V, quae secundum iconem cum specie de- 
seriptä omnino congruit!). 
A speeiminibus modo descriptis paulum recedit: 
var, ß ornata; Synon: P. ornata Wall. 
Major, grandiflora. Sepal« lato-lanceolata 7"" longa; 
petala 12”" longa, in medio angustata, seil. ungue versus 
basin dilatato et marginibus multifimbriatis eineto, eiliis 
mm Jongis. Foli4« latiora, 25--30mm longa, 30—40"" Jata, 
profunde cordata, acuta vel obtusa; scapus 2—4!" altus. 
Patria: Peninsula Indiae orientalis! (in montibus). — 
Bengalia orientalis! — Himalaya! Mont. Nilghiri et Kurg, 
regio temperata 6000-8000! — var. $ eum antecedente; 
Himalaya! (leg. Wallich); Khasia, reg. temp. 5—5000° 
alt! — 
10. P. nubicola Wall. Culyxz ad dimidium synse- 
palus; tota longitudo 1°”, segmentis 5" longis. Petala 
in disei et tubi calyeini margine inserta, spathulata vel 
oblanceolata, breviter unguiculata, (ungue in laminam 
paulatim transcendente eäque breviore, marginibus nudia 
