266 CL. H^MODORACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Peliosantlies. 



2. P. G-riffithii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 506 ; leaves long- 

 petioled 6-8 by lf-2 in. strongly 5-nerved, scape very short. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, Griffith's Collectors ; alt. 1500 ft. Clarke. 



Leaves 5-6, with 5-distuiit nerves much stronger than the numerous others ; 

 petiole 8-10 in., very slender. Raceme many-fid. ; pedicels short, stout j bracts long ; 

 flowers not seen. Seeds globose, about ^ in. diam. 



** Bracts 1- rarely 2-fld. Flowers cernuous. 



3. P. violacea, Wall. Cat. 5084 ; leaves 6-12 by l|-3 in., long- 

 petioled, nerves very many, racemes usually shorter than the petiole many- 

 rid., flowers violet-blue. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 502. P. Teta, 

 Wall. Cat. 5083 A in part. P. campanulata, Wall. mss. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA, the KHASIA HILLS, and BURMA. 



Habit of P. Teta and with flowers of the same size and colour, but solitary in the 

 bracts. Seeds f in. long, oblong. Baker has three varieties. 1. minor, with 

 smaller fewer 5-7-nerved leaves and smaller green flowers ; 2. Clarkei, with more 

 conspicuous transverse nervules and a darker purple flower j 3. Princeps, more 

 robust, leaves broader, 4-4 in. diam., racemes longer, flowers greenish. Moulmein, 

 Lobb. 



4. P. macrophylla, Wall. mss. ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 

 505; leaves petioled 10-18 by 3-4| in. elliptic-lanceolate nerves 13-15 

 strong, scape long or short, raceme many-fld., flowers greenish or purple. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA j Sikkim alt. 3-600 ft., J. D. H. ; Clarke ; Mishmi Hills, 

 Griffith, 



The largest and stoutest Indian species, but I suspect only a further development 

 of P. violacea var. Princeps. Seeds globose or obturbinate. 



5. P. neilg-herriensis, Wight. Ic. t. 2052 ; leaves long-petioled 4-8 

 by f-l| in. with 5-10 stronger nerves, scape about equalling the leaves, 

 bracts short, flowers small. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 503. P. 

 longifolia, Steudel PI. Canara Exsicc. u. 1306. 



MALABAR and CANARA ; in the Ghats, Wight., Sfc. 



Leaves few, membranous, transverse nervules conspicuous ; petiole 6-9 in., very 

 slender. Scape 4-6 in. ; raceme as long ; lower bracts many, in., upper very 

 short ; perianth dark purple, i in. diam. Seeds obturbinately ovoid. 



6. P. courtallensis, Wight. Ic. t. 2057 ; leaves long-petioled 8-12 

 by 1^-2 in. with 5 strong nerves, scape much shorter than the leaves, bracts 

 longer than the flowers. Baker in Jo urn. Linn. Soc. xvii. 504. P. Teta, 

 Wall. Cat. 5083 B. 



TRAVANCORE ; at Courtallum, Wight., Sfc. 



A much larger plant than P. neilgherriensis, with leaves twice as long as the 

 scape and raceme, and long lanceolate bracts much exceeding the flowers. In a 

 coloured drawing of this by Jerdon, the flowers are blue-purple, in diam. 



7. P. humilisj Andrews Bot. Repos, t. 634 (not of Baker)-, dwarf, 

 leaves sessile or very shortly petioled elliptic-lanceolate 5-nerved, scape 

 short stout, raceme short, bracts ovate about equalling the small 

 crowded very shortly pedicelled flowers. Bot. Mag. t. 1532 ; Xunth Enum. 

 v. 307. 



PENANG, Maingay. 



Leaves about 3 in. long : petiole shorter than the blade or 0. Flowers about 

 in. diam. ; segments of pc-riunth green margined with white, obtuse and tmargi- 



