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Plate 5. A; figs. 1 -7. -Pedicularis Garckeana P 



A— SpecimeD from Tan-ka-la, Sikkim. 



Fig. 7— Part of specimen from Na-toot, Sikkim. 



The description of P. Garckeana is based on the examination of 57 specimens; two 

 or more flowers from specimens of each gathering have been analysed. The shorter 

 specimens very closely resemble taller ones of P. Daltoni on the one hand and f 

 P. robusta on the other; between these two species this stands intermediate 



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pects. At the same time by the taller habit of many of its specimens, b, 

 longer and narrower cuneate mid-lobe of lip, and by the posterior filaments beiii. 

 distinctly less hirsute than the anterior, it approaches /'. mcgalaniha, certain forms iTf 

 which it sometimes closely resembles. The diagnosis from P. Daltoni has hoen pi 

 from P. robusta it is diagnosed as follows: 



mid-lobe of lip cuneate; galea erect, not inflated; beak circinnate, 



long; posterior filaments sparingly hairy P. Garckeana ; 



mid-lobe of lip rounded; galea reflexed, inflated; beak straight, 



short ; all filaments equally hairy , P. robusta ; 



while from P. megalantha the diagnosis is 



tube short, half exceeding calyx; galea erect, beak deeply 2-fid, 



segments acute; posterior filaments sparingly hairy P. Garckeana; 



tube much exceeding calyx; galea reflexed, beak shortly 2-fid, 



segments obtuse; posterior filaments quite glabrous P. megalantha. 



12. Pedicularis robusta Hook. f. (1884). 



Nana dense pubescens rhizomate horizontali radicibus longioribus caulibus brevibus 

 arcuatis ascendentibus foliis anguste oblongis obtusis pinnatilobis segmentis 8— lO-jup 

 contiguis ovatis obtusis crenatis floribus axillaribus pedicellatis racemis densifloris calyei 

 cylindrico-campanulati pubescentis antice triente fissi 5-dentati segmentis supparihus 

 oblongis obtusis serratis corollse tubo extus glabro calycem baud excedente labio 3«lob<> 

 lobis rotundatis subaequalatis medio prominulo galea perinflata angulo obtuso incurva 

 parte basali recta parte antherigera leviter falcata in rostrum breve apice segmentis 

 acutis bifidum statim deorsum directum sensim producta staminibus medio tubo insertis 

 filamentis omnibus barbatis ovario lanceolato stigmate incluso capsula oblique oblonga 

 breve cuspidata calycem fere duplo superante, seminibus ovoideis pallidis immaturis 

 distincte reticulatis (maturis, teste cl. Hookero, subtiliter striatis nee punetulatis) 



P. robusta Hook. /., Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 306. 



In Himalaya orientali .—Sikkim ; Samdong, 16,000 p. s. m., Hooker; Elwes ! King, 



mercenar. ! Phari: — Kingii mercenar. ! 



Caulibus 2—6 cm. altis, rhizomate 2—4 cm. longo hoc 0-5—1 cm. crasso, radicibus 4 

 cm. longis ; petiolis 1—2 cm., laminis 2—3 X 0*5 cm., segmentis vix 2 mm. ; pedicellis 4-9 

 mm., calyce 10 X 4*5 mm., corollas tubo 9 mm., galea? parte basali 4 X 2-5 mm., parte 

 antherigera 8x4 mm., rostro 4 mm. longo, labio 15—16 mm. lato; capsula 18 X 5 mm., 

 seminibus 1*5 mm. longis. Corolla purpurea; Septembro floret. 



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Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, Vol. III. 



