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tuberculata in the longer spur and even capsules, from small states of 

 /. Roylei in the small size, narrower capsules, subulate bracts and conical 

 spur ; from /. longicornu and its allies by the capsules being shorter, and 

 forming an angle with the pedicel. 



29. I. SULCATA {Wall. Cat. 4764). Caulibus erectis crassis sulcatis, 

 foliis inflorescentia et floribus fere i. Roylei, sed capsula nutante elon- 

 gata subsequali et angustiore. 



I. gigantea, Edgw. ! in Linn. Trans, xx. 38. 



^, minor. Sepalo postico conico in calcar rectum sensim attenuato. 



Hab. Himalaya temperata tota, alt. 7000-12,000 ped., Sikkim \ J. H. ; 



Nepal ! Wallich ; Kumaon ! Strachey Sf Wint. ; Simla ! T. T., ^c. ; 



Kunawur ! Grant ; Marri ! Fleming (fl. temp pluv.) (v.v.) ; ^, Kuna- 



wur ! Grant, T. T. 

 Herba gigantea ; in Himalaya occidentali altit. 15 ped. et caule 5-poll. 



diamet.j^o?. Edgeworth attingit ! — in Sikkim 5-7 pedalis, — Caulis fistu- 



losus. 



A very tall, coarse-growing species with furrowed stems, in the dried 

 state so like I, Roylei, that it is impossible to distinguish them, except 

 by the long capsule of this. My Sikkim specimens have often four lateral 

 sepals. This appears to pass by numerous insensible gradations into /. 

 longicornu and others. /. Thomsoni may be only a serrate state of it, 

 connected by the var. /3 minor of /. sulcata. The inclined shorter cap- 

 sules, which form an angle with the pedicel, best distinguish this from 

 longicornu, &c. The seeds are large and eatable, as in I. Roylei. 



30. I. AMPLEXiCAULis (Edgew. Linn. Trans, xx. 37). Glaberrima, ra- 

 mosa, foliis (2-4'') inferioribus oppositis sessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis crenato-serratis superioribus alternis amplexicaulibus ovato- 

 lanceolatis, pedunculis axillaribus multifloris, sepalis ovatis acutis, la- 

 bello late saccato calcare brevi, vexillo orbiculari bilobo, alis bilobis, 

 capsula lineari. 



Hab. Himalaya occidentali temperata, Kumaon, alt. 12,000 ped.! Str. 

 Sf Wint. ; Simla, 6000-8000 ped. ! Comta. Dalhousie, &c. ; Kulu ! 

 Edgeworth (fl. Sept.-Oct.) (v.v.) 



Affinis I. Roylei, sed facile distinguenda foliis breve petiolatis basi latis su- 

 perioribus basi profunde cordato-amplexicaulibus, pedunculis brevio- 

 ribus, floribus paucioribus et minoribus non confertis et capsula angusta 

 non clavata. — Caulis 3-4 pedalis, 4-angularis, Edgw. 



31. I. VERTiciLLATA {Wight in Madr. Journ. Sc. v. p. 15). Glaber- 

 rima, foliis oppositis verticillatisque (rarissime alternis) breve petiolatis 

 lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis argute serratis serraturis infimis seti- 

 geris stipulis subulatis, pedunculis elongatis erectis subumbellatim 

 3-5-floris, pedicellis gracilibus, sepalis majusculis oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 vexillo concavo breviter cornuto, labello cymbiformi calcare elongate 

 gracillimo. ' 



