Puate 2211. 
PHTHEIROSPERMUM TENUISECTUM, Bur. et Franch. 
ScROPHULARINEX. Tribe EuPHRASIEA. 
P. tenuisectum, Bur. et Franch. in Journ. de Botanique, v. (1891) 129; 
perenne, rhizomate lignoso, multicaule, caulibus simplicibus vel parce 
ramosis ewe viscido-pubescentibus, foliis oppositis ambitu ovatis 
acutis dissectim 2-3-pinnatisectis, floribus axillaribus solitariis ebrac- 
ieclatis, vodicellia aarp calyce campanulato 5-partito dentibus 
angustis summo subulato integro ceteris lanceolatis pauci-dentatis 
. limbo margine ciliato 2-labiato, labio postico erecto brevi 2-lobo lobis 
replicatis in alabastro interioribus, antico longissimo patente 3-secto 
segmentis obovatis margl ine truncatis, preeflorati ione medio sin 
2-gibbum lobosque posticos statim amplectente et lateralibus param 
majoribus vicissim obtecto, staminibus, sub galea inclusis, filamentis 
ex adverso summi ovarii insertis anticis prope basin parum hirsutis 
ticisque prorsus glaberrimis, antheris margine rimarum 
barbatis loculis equalibus distinctis Lagan basi submucronatis, 
ovario ovoideo supra et presertim antice piloso, stylo apice dilatato 
rosis, capsula (im 
ovoidela testa reticulatis, 
Has. Himalaya orientali, Tassi-chen-doom, in valle Chumbi, - 
Hort. Caleutt. ; Tibet sentra Karoo-la, prope Lhassam, Herb. Hort 
Calcutt. ; Szechuen occidentali, ad fines orientales Tibetie prope 
oppidum Ta-chien-lu, Pratt (New. 283, 528), Herb. Kew 
Caules 25-35 cm. longi, penne corvine crassitudine. Folia 2 cm. 
longa, 2°5 em. lata, segmentis ultimis vix 1 mm. latis. Flores 
calyce 8 mm. longo, 45 mm. lato, dentibus 4 mm. longis, vix 
1 mm. latis, sinubus obtusis; corolle tubo 14 mm. longo; limbo 
4°5 mm. lato; labio a 2°5 mm. longo, 6 mm. lato; labio antico 
7 mm. longo, 7-5 mm ' 
The description of this plant departs from the tidy characters 
assigned to Phthe evrospermum in the anthers being bear ere are, 
however, some hairs present on the margin of the rima ‘towards the 
base of the anthers of Phtheirospermum chinense, Bunge, in Herb. Caleutt. 
Specimens. Theovary is almost as hirsute (though the individual 
