I 



124 



SIPHONANTH.E. 



Plate 6. C, D ; figs. 7 



13. 



Pedicularis robusta Hook. f. 



C 



Specimen collected in Alpine Sikkim by Captain Elwes 



jt 



from Pbari collected by the Lama Ujyen Gyatsko 



The description of P. robusta is based on the examination of 



three specimens 



? 



two 



of which are now figured 



The species stands intermediate between P 



and P. nepalen 



The diagn 



from P. Garck 



has been already g 



Garckeana 

 that from 



P 



zpalen 



is as follows 



io"be of lip prominent, margin 



tube not exceeding calyx, externally 



glabrescent ; capsule half exceeding calyx P. rob 



mid-lobe not prominent, margin crenulate, lobes truncate ; tube twice as long as 



alyx, puberulous without; capsule twice as long 



P 



Though the corollas somewhat closely resemble those of P. nepalensis, the latter 



distinguished by its few, axillary, long-pedicelled flowers 



d its 



very 



short stems 





13. Pedicularis nepalensis Prain (1889). 



Nana csespitosa glaberrima rhizomate brevi radicibus 



ipitosis carnosis fusiformibus 



uliculis subnullis foliis fere omnibus radicalibus longe petiolatis linearibus pinnatifid 



segmenti s 



8 



12-jugis contig 



ovatis mucronato-dentatis floribus 



llaribus longe 



pedicellatis in cauliculo 3 — 6 calycis cylindrico-campanulati 



parce hirsuti antice triente 



5-dentati segmentis ellipt 



fi 



extus parce puberulo caly 



fere 



serratis postico reliquis parum angustiore corollse tubo 



) margine crenulato-serrato lobis 



duplo longiore labio 3 -lob 



truncatis lateralibus ovatis med 



o rotundato duplo majoribus galea perinflata angulo subrecto 

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



acutis bifidum deorsum direct 



um 



abruptius attenuata staminibus med 



ter summum 



ovarium et apicem tubi insertis filamentis omnibus barbatis ovario lanceolato stigma te 



incluso capsula oblique oblonga breve cuspidata calycem fe 



pallidis distincte reticulatis 



2- pi 



long 



seminibus late 



P 



In Himalaya oriental 



pal 



Prain, Jour. As. Soo. Beng. Iviii, 2, 268 



Sikkim 



In Nepalia orientali, ad Ka-gling, 13,000 p. s. m., King 



floret 



pud Choon-goo, Kinqii mercenar. ! Corolla 



saturate purpurea; Augusto 



Cauliculis 



1 



altis, rhizomate 



1 



0*5 cm., radicibus 2 — 3 cm 



laminis 2 cm. X 0*75 cm., segmentis 2 



petiolis 2 



3 



mm., corollse tubo 2 



3 mm. ; pedicellis 25—35 mm., caly 



1 



X 6 



> 



mm., rostro 4 5 mm. longo, labio 27 



28 mm., galea parte basali 5x3 mm., parte antherigera 10 X 45 



Pla 



6. E 



fig 



14 



20 



30 mm. lato; capsula 20 X 



iris nepalensis Prain 



mm., seminibus 2x1 mm 



Pedicul 



E 





specimen from Ka-gling, East Nepal 



This 



Ka-glin 



1882. 



e 



ipecies 



received in 1888 and 



presented at Calcutta by one large gathering of 23 specimens from 



On 



a small one of 3 specimens from Choon-goo, received in 



figure sho 



examination of these the account is based 



w 



? 



ent and almost 



are very like those of P. robusta, but the habit and fac 



The flowers, as description and 



are widely differ 



to 



d intermediat 



peat those of P. Przewalskiij between which and P. robusta it 



appears 



