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cem fere duplo superante labio 3-fido lobis rotundatis margine eciliatis lateralibus dorso 

 corolla sese te^entibus medio duplo latioribus galea subinflata angulo subrecto incurva 

 parte basali tubo dimidio latiore antice inclinata fauee integra vel rarius 2-auriculata parte 

 antheriffera horizontali in rostrum tenue apice acuto integro sensim abeunti staminibus 

 apice tubi insertis filamentis anticis hirsutis ovario lanceolato stigmate exserto capsula 

 calvce vsesquilono-iore ovato-oblonga apice oblique acuminata seminibus apice antice 

 cristatis ovoideis pallidis distincte reticulatis. 



Var. typica ; rostro galeam subsequante labium vix excedente. — P. rhinanthoides 



Schrenk in Fisch. et Mey., Eaum. PI. Nov. i, 22; Walp. } Rep. in, 413; Be nth., 

 DC. Prodr, x, 565; Bunge, Ledeb., Flor. Ross, iii, 276; Prain, Jour. As. 

 Soc. Beng. lviii, 2, 272.— P. Elephas Benth. t DC. Prodr. x, 565 y pro parte 

 (1846); Boiss., Flor. Orient iv, 489 (pro parte nee Diagn. 1, 4, 81). 



In alpibus HinduKush; in valle Hadji-gak ad nives, 10,500 p.s.m.. Griffith (Journ. 



1060)! 



Distrib. — In alpibus Alatau et in Turkestania. 



Var. labellata; rostro galea fere duplo longiore labium longe excedente. 



P. labellata Jacquem. mss., Bene in Jacquem. Voy., Bot. 117, t 122 (1844); 

 Walp., Rep. iii, 414; Bentk, DO. Prodr. x, 565.— P. rhinanthoides Hook. 

 /., Flor. Bnt. Ind. iv, 314 (syn. omn. exelus.) (1884).— P. siphonantha 

 Hook. /., Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 313 (pro parte nee Don) (1884). 



In Himalaya occidentali:— Gatong Ghauti, 18,300 p. s. m., Jacquemont ; Zirkotal, 

 Falconer! Kunawar, Vicary ! Lanak, 12,000 p.s.m., Thomson! Lahul, Hay! Sai, 13,000 

 p. s. m., Tanner! Ladak, 11,000 p. s. m., Jceschke ! Karnag, 14—17,000 p.s.m. ; Rupschu, 

 15—18,000 p. s. m.; Chandra, 12—13,000 p. s. m.; Kibler, 14—15,500 p. s. m. ; Gieumal, 

 15,000 p. s. m.; Ishomori et Tehra, 15—17,000 p. s. m. ; Stoliczka ! Pangi, 11—16,500 

 p.s.m., Heyde ! In Himalaya orientali : — Phari ; apud Kangma et ad ripas fluminis 

 Pe-namong Chu, et in aliis locis, Kingii mercenar ! 



Distrib. — In Yarkand, in Kansu, in Tibet boreali et in Yunnan. 



Caulibus 35 — 30 cm. altis; foliorum petiolis 2—5 cm. his caulinorum ssepius basi 

 dilatatis, segmentis 5 mm. ssepissime distantibus; pedicellis 5—9 mm., calyce 12 — 15 

 mm., corollse tubo var. typicce 18 mm. var. labellatce 25 — 28 mm. longo, galeae parte 

 basali 4x4 mm. parte antherigera 6 X 3*5 mm. rostro var. typicce 3 — 5 mm. var. labellatce 

 8 — 10 mm. labio var. typicce 16 mm. lato var. labellatcb 25 — 28 mm.; capsula 19 mm. 

 longa 6 mm. lata basi oblonga seminibus 2 mm. longis. 



Plate 1. A — D; figs. 1—8. — P. rhinanthoides Schrenk. 



A — Specimen of var. typica from Hadji-gak. 



B — „ of ,, ,, from Sairam, Turkestan. 



— „ of form connecting var. typica with var. labellata from Tehri- 



Garhwal. 

 D— Specimen of var. labellata from Pangi. 

 Fig. 8. is from a specimen of var. labellata from Rupschu. 



The description is based on an examination of 13 individual specimens of var. 

 typica and of 48 specimens of var. labellata. 



