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facie V. Teucri, sed differt calyce 4-partito, segmentis subzegualibus, 
| capsula ovato-oblonga apice obtusa; etiamgue aff. V. lanose, a qua 
sat differt racemis lateralibus capsula quam calyx longiore. 
Herba perennis, multicaulis, basi suffruticosa, caulibus gracilibus, teretibus, 
adscendentibus, junioribus szepe albo-villosulis, 6-12 poll. longis. Folia 
opposita, subsessilia, tenuia, glabra vel glabrescentia, ovato-lanceolata 
vel oblonga, 9-18 lineas longa, utrinque (interdum argute) paucidentata. 
Flores czrulei, 6-8 lineas diametro, racemis seepius 2 in axillis foliorum 
superiorum alternis vel oppositis (interdum pseudoterminales), pedun- 
culatis, usque ad 3 poll. longis, bracteatis; bractez lineari-oblonge, ob- 
tusiusculz, pedicellos equantes ; pedicelli calyx subzequantes, fructiferi 
erecti; calyx 4-partitus, lobis fere zxqualibus, linearibus, subobliquis ; 
corollz lobi leviter inzequales ; stamina longa, filamentis filiformibus, 
antheris cordiformibus ; stylus stamina :equans. Capsula (immatura 
tantum visa) anguste ovato-oblonga, calycem excedens, circiter 3 lineas 
longa, puberula, loculis pleiospermis ; semina convexa. 
Kuram distriet, on shaded moist localities, at from 8000 to 
11,000 feet altitude. Saféd-koh, Collett no. 112. Lahul, Jaeschke. 
Herb. Falconer no. 784, Kew distribution in part. Unfortunately 
the portion ofthe plants drawn does not represent the charac- 
teristic lateral racemes. A showy species. 
975 (1879). Leptorhabdos virgata, Benth. 
My plant is not nearly so glandular as the type. 
220, 285,779 (1879). Pedicularis bicornuta, Klotzsch. 
Kuram and Hariáb districts, on grassy slopes at from 10,000 
to 12,000 feet in great profusion. Flowers large, yellow, very 
handsome. 
108,—487 (1879). P. pycnantha, Boiss. 
Kuram and Hariâb distriets, in pine-forests and on dry hill- 
sides, at from 8000 to 12,000 feet altitude. 
P. sp. (without number), was distributed as P. tenuirostris, Benth. ; but it 
is not that species. 
Shend-toí; August. 
OROBANCHACER. 
214. Orobanche Epithymum, DC. 
Kuram district, growing on a Labiate at 10,000 feet altitude. 
85, 161, 350, =934, 934 a, 267, 893 (1879). O. sp. 
Kuram and Hariâb districts; common everywhere, growing 
on two species of Artemisia, at an altitude of from 6000 to 10,000 
feet. 
