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SIPHON A NTH^J. 



The species is unlike all other Siphonantile in its beakless corolla; it is most 



nearly allied to P. macrosiphon Franch. and P. muscicola Maxim. 



. Pedicularis bella Hook. f. (1884). 



Nana caespitosa canescens radicibus fibrosis cauliculis subnullis foliis fere omnibu 

 radicalibus petiolatis ovato-lauceolatis obtusis pinnatilobis segmentis contiguis rotundati 

 obtusis crenatis floribus axillaribus pedicellatis in cauliculo 1 — 14 calycis cylindrico 

 campanulati dense canescentis antice triente fissi o-dentati segmentis Iateralibns e bas 

 angusta suborbiculatis postico lanceolato dimidio majoribus corollae tubo extus puberul< 

 ealycem plus duplo excedente labio antice 3-lobo lobis lateralibus oblique ovalibus medi< 



ovato 4-plo latioribus galea vix inflata angulo recto curvata parte basali abrupte reflexa 

 parte antherigera parum inclinata angustiore longioreque leviter falcata m rostrum tenue 

 apice emarginatum obtusum recurvum sensim attenuata staminibus apice tubi insertis 

 filamentia omnibus barbatis ovario anguste ovato stigmate subexserto capsula oblique 

 oblonga breve cuspidata ealycem dimidio excedente seminibus pallidis distincte reticu- 



latis.— P. bella Hook. /., Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 313; Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii, 787, t. 1, /. 3 



In Himalaya orientali: — Sikkim ; ad Kongra Lama, 16,000 p. s. m., Hooker; apud 

 Ling-tu, Pantliny I Chumbi ; in Chum-la-ree prope nives et ad Sy-am-poo, Kingii mercenar. I 

 Phari ; apud Do-tho, Kingii mercenar. (ter) I Corolla saturate purpurea; floret Junio, Julio. 



Cauliculis — 3 cm. altis, radice centrali pennse corvinse crassitudine 3 — 5 cm. 

 longo; petiolis 0*5—2 cm. basi vaginato-dilatatis laminis 1—1*5 X 0*75 cm. segmentis vix 

 1 mm.; pedicellis 3—7 mm., calyce 12—15 mm. X 5 mm., corollas tubo 28—31 mm. 

 galeae parte basali 3 X 2*5 mm. parte antherigera 10 X 2*5 mm. rostro 85 mm. longo, 

 labio 20 — 24 mm. lato. 



Plate 5. B; figs. 8-15.— Pedicularis bella Hook. /. 



Specimen from Chum-la-ree, near the snows. 



This account of P. bella is based on an examination of five different gatherings (25 

 specimens) of the species at Calcutta. Dr. King's collectors have not brought fruiting 

 specimens ; the description of capsule and seeds is from the Flora of British India. The 

 species is most nearly allied to P. Przewalskii Maxim. 



. Pedicularis Przewalskii Maxim. (1877). 



Nana ' caespitosa pilosa rhizomate brevi radicibus csespitosis carnosis fusiformibus 

 cauliculis subnullis foliis fere omnibus radicalibus petiolatis anguste oblongis obtusis 

 pinnatilobis lobis 9— 13-jugis contiguis rotundatis obtusis crenatis floribus axillaribus 

 pedicellatis in cauliculo 2—3 calycis cylindrico-campanulati antice triente fissi 5-dentati 

 segmento summo subintegro anticis dimidio lateralibus duplo minore reliquis ovatis 

 crenulatodentatis corollae tubo extus puberulo ealycem triplo excedente labio 3-secto 

 lobis supparibus medio emarginato rotundato lateralibus ovatis galea subinflata angulo 

 recto mcurva parte basali erecta tubo aequilata parte antherigera incurva in rostrum 

 rectum honzontale apice segmentis acutis bifidum sensim attenuata staminibus apice tubi 

 msertis filamentis omnibus hirsutis ovario lanceolato stigmate incluso capsula oblique 

 oblonga breve cuspidata ealycem fere duplo superante.— P. Przewalskii Maxim., MeL 

 Biol, x., 84 et xii, 787, t. 1, /. 2 ; Prain, Jour. As. Soc. Beng. lviii, 2, 270. 



In Himalaya orientali :— Phari, King 



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