Scrophulariaceae 851 



Unter Bambus in Wäldern der ktp. St. des birm. Mons. ober Tjionatong am 

 Salwin, 28° 7', Schiefer, 3600— 3800 m (9768). 



Oberlippe außen behaart. Kelch wird durch die Frucht aufgerissen. 

 **P. aloensis Hand.-Mzt. in Sitzgsanz. Ak. W. W., LX., 99 (1923). 



Sect. Erostres Pbain, subs. Subbidentatae Prain, ser. Fragiles Prain. 



Perennis, radice parva, tenuiter longifibrosa, caulibus pluribus, 15 usque ad 

 40 cm longis, flaccidis, tenuibus, quadrangulis, hie illic bifariam et praesertim ad 

 nodos sicut rhachides foliorum parce pilosis, dissite oppositifoliis et ramosis. Folia 

 (basalia sub anthesi nulla) ambitu triangulari-ovata, usque ad 5 cm longa, in- 

 feriora 4 — 5jugo-, superiora parcius pinnata pinnis patulis hie illic oppositis 

 inferioribus remotis brevipetiolulatis superioribus confluentibus, ovato-ellipticis 

 4 — 6jugo pinnatilobatis lobis latis rotundatis duplicato-latidentatis vel obsolete 

 lobulatis, membranacea, saturate viridia, in sicco densereticulato-venulosa, summa 

 in bracteas foliaceas summas trifidas tan tum decrescentia ; petioli inferiorum la- 

 minas aequantes, plani, angusti, aequales, superiorum breviores. Flores in caulis 

 ramorumque medio superiore axillares oppositi valde dissiti, pedicellis 1, denique 



2 mm longis. Calyx campanulatus, clausus, membranaceus, i 3 x / 2 mm longus, 

 ad nervös 5 in dentes parvos trianguläres mucrone viridi terminatos 1 / 2 — 1 mm 

 longos excurrentes interdum parce pilosus et margine tenuiter ciliatus, nervis 

 sinuum tenuibus. Corolla flava, 14 — 16 mm longa, intus praeter barbulas breves 

 ad basin filamentorum sitas glabra, extus praesertim superne parce puberula; 

 tubus a basi sensim dilatatus; labium superius basi 4 mm latum, vix inclinatum, 

 sensim attenuatum, obtusum, cucullatum, margine glabro demum inflexum, eo 

 aequilongum; inferius 2 1 / 2 mm longum, patulum, latum, ad medium in lobos 



3 aequilongos ciliatos medium quam laterales ovato-lanceolati acutiusculi duplo 

 latiorem rotundatum fissum, plicis 2 e sinubus acutis in tubum paulum decurren- 

 tibus auetum. Filamenta F/ 2 mm supra basin tubi orta, subaequilonga, breviora 

 inferne tantum, longiora corollam aequantia ubique breviter ciliata; antherae 

 parvae, basi longe mucronatae. Stylus illis aequilongus, stigmate parvo. Capsula 

 patula, breviter eultriformis, acutissima, ad 1 cm longa, supra basin 3 mm lata. 



NW-Y. : Wald der ktp. St. ober Alo gegen Bodo se von Dschungdien („Chung- 

 tien"), Tonschiefer, 3800 m, 8. VIII. 1914 (4582). 



P. Wardii Bont. nostrae proxima differt corollae tubo 2 mm diametiente, 

 galea falciformi, filamentis glabris. 

 **P. bambusetorum Hand.-Mzt., I.e. (1923). (Taf. XV, Abb. 3). 



A P. olöensi differt tantum: Caulis ramosissimus. Folia ad 7 cm longa, 

 7 Jugo pinnata et saepe bipinnata, pinnulis inferioribus 7jugis, laminis omnibus 

 Paulo angustioribus. Inflorescentia distinetior, crebre et longe glanduloso-pilosa, 

 pluriflora, bracteis omnibus longipetiolatis. Calyx 4 mm longus. Corollae labium 

 inferius ad 3 mm longum. Stylus exsertus. 



NW-Y.: Bambusbestände in der tp. St. des birm. Mons. an der Ostseite 

 des Passes Tschiangschel zwischen Salwin und Irrawadi, 27° 52', Glimmerschiefer, 

 3275—3350 m, 3. VII. 1916 (9034). 

 **P. corydaloides Hand.-Mzt. (Taf. XV. Abb. 4). 



Ser. praecedentium. 



Caudiculi e radice (ignota) probabiliter plures, tenues, ad 5 cm longi, squamis 

 alternis remotis lanceolatis 2 — 7 mm longis coneavis obtusis obsiti, in caules a basi 



