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series of specimens collected by Sir George Watt in Manipur 

 and in Assam. 



I have before me two sets of Manipur specimens — 

 Xo. 65(31. 18th April 1882. Ching Sow., altitude 8000 feet 

 (Plate XXIX). and No. 7105.. 15th May 1882. Japvo. altitude 

 9500 feet: and one set of Assam specimens — Xo. 11.740. 

 gathered at Konoraa on the Naga Hills in May 1895 at an 

 altitude of 7-8000 feet ( Plate XXX ). 



Sir George Watt indicates on the label of his specimens 

 that the Manipur plants have the odour characteristic of 

 P. Lisberi, King. He says nothing about this, however, 

 on the tickets of the Assam ones, and on none of the 

 specimens is there indication of the exact habitat of the 

 plant. 



The near kinship of these Manipur and Assam plants 

 to the Sikkim P. Listeri, King, is clear, but they are not 

 quite the same. Plates XXIX and XXX show the Manipur 

 and Assam plants, and if these be compared with plates 

 XXVI and XXVII of the Sikkim plant, likeness and un- 

 likeness will be readily observable. 



The Manipur and Assam plants, particularly the latter. 

 are larger. Their leaves have not so markedly the ivv-shape 

 as have those of the Sikkim plant. Their petioles are 

 longer, the lamina is broader, and the basal sinus wider — 

 this particularly in the Assam plant. Then their scapes 

 are not so robust, though they are much longer, and they 

 tend to become deflexed. Perhaps the most prominent 

 feature of diflerence on first examination is their delicate 

 flower-pedicel and its length. Along with this goes the 

 greater size of their bracts, which are also broader. Their 

 calyx is more robust and has more rounded lobes : their 

 corolla also is larger. 



The Manipur and Assam plants suggest a habitat 

 amongst loose vegetable debris. 



Closer examination of the Manipur and of the Assam 

 specimens brings out a diflerence between them — a differ- 

 ence, however, which does not appear clearly in the half- 

 tone plates. The Manipur plants are essentially glabrous ; 

 there is a certain amount of pubescence or puberulousness 

 on the upper surface of the leaves, on the pedicels, and on 

 the petioles, but the under surface of the leaves is quite 



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