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66 HISTOKICAL ACCOUNT; CONSPECTUS AFFINITATUM. 



The conspectus of affinities of the Indian species in the next chapter is based on an 



in 



examination of 184 species preserved in the Calcutta Herbarium, but it could not have 

 been made so complete had it not been for the existence of the two synopses of the 

 genus, already so frequently quoted, prepared by Mr. Maximowicz in 1877 and 1888 

 respectively. These two articles are so excellent that after the closest study one is left 

 doubt whether to admire most the minuteness of description and fidelity to detail 

 at they display, or the keen appreciation of affinities and clearness of exposition that 



characterise them. 



In this conspectus there are here and there instances of a slightly different disposition 



of individual species. This is to some extent due to the present conspectus having 

 been mainly drawn up before the appearance of Mr. Maximowicz's newer synopsis. And 

 go because Mr. Maximowicz's revision is of such a nature that any attempt to supplement 

 it or proposal to alter it might easily become an impertinence, also because an independent 

 complementary view may prove of some use to other students of the genus, but not 

 because the present arrangement claims to be more natural than that of Mr, Maximowicz, 

 nor because it is not open to modification in many places, it is issued practically as it 

 stood before the appearance of Mr. Maximowicz's paper of 1888. The Indian species 

 are indicated by a heavier type. 



CHAPTER VI.— CONSPECTUS AFFINITATUM. 



Species Indicce typis Ionicis imprimantur. 



PEDICULARIS Linn. 



Calyx ovatus campanulatus vel tubulosus saepissime antice et interdum postice fissu 



margme 



apice 2— 5-dentatus dentibus raro aequalibus lateralibus connatis Vel liberi 

 dentatis postico ssepius minore integerrimo nonnunquam deficiente. Corolla? tubus sequalis 

 vel sursum ampliatus ; limbus 2-labiatus labio antico basi suberecto supra 2-cristato vel 

 subsessili ecristato lobis 3 sgepius patentibus vel deflexis nonnunquam sequilatis intermedio 

 tamen sa«pius minore rarissime majore, postico basi tubo continuo erecto rarissime sessili 

 in galeam ad antheras fovitum compressam producto, galea aut erostri et antice integra 

 vel sub apice utrinque dentata aut in rostrum gracile robustumve apice acutum trun- 

 catumve integrum vel emarginatum 2-dentatum 2-fidumve abeunti. Stamina 4, didynama 

 sub galea ascendentia, filamentis omnibus anticisve tantum hirsutis vel omnibus glabris ; 

 anther* transversa* per paria approximate loculis distinctis aequalibus parallelis basi muticis 

 vel rarius aristatis. Stylus apice integer subcapitato-stigmatosus ; ovula amphitropa in 

 quoque loculo 4— oo ; (saepissime indefinite). Capsula compressa ovata vel ovato-lanceolat 



ssepissime plus minus obliqua et saepe rostrata, loculicide dehiscens valvis medio septiferis 

 placentas ferentibus sed saepe diu ultra medium cohserentibus. Semina in parte inferiore, 

 numero sat vanabilia, ovata vel oblonga recta vel curVa rarissime spherica, testa laxa 

 vel adprewa perforate reticulata vel foveolata striata vel multicostata. 



Herb* perermes rarius forsan annua, semiparasiticae vel rarissime semisaprophyticas. 

 lolia alterna subopposita opposita vel 3-5-natim verticillata semel pluriesve pinnatim 

 divisa rarius simphciter dentata rarissime crenata floralia decrescentia pleraque bractei- 



a°mT cen r ma T "^ T^ "^ PlOT0B "^ Ce * tri P eto -nnunquam 

 TZt^TZ °T Q T rtl ^ apiCGS ram ° rUm CauliS( * Ue S P icatim ** -bcapLim 



conferti vel pedicelhs evolutis racemosi same secundi, ebracteolati. 







