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SIPHONANTILE. 



staminbus medio inter summum ovarium et tubi apicem insertis filamentis omnibus 

 ^sis ovario ovato-lanceolato stigmate subincluso capsula oblique ovato-lanceolata 

 ce acuminata calycem triente excedente seminibus ovoideis pallidis distincte 



pilosis 



apice 

 reticulat 



Var. typica ; labio lobo medio lateralibus sequilongo et manifeste angustiore 



galea parte basali contorta parte antheras fovente sensim in rostrum 

 attenuata.— P. macrantha Klotzsch, Bets. Pr. Wald., BoL 108, t. 59; 

 Hook. /., Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 311. 



In Himalaya oceidentali -.—Kamaon, Ho ff, mister I prope glaciem in valle Ralam, 13,000 

 p. s. m., Duthie! Garhwal; ad Kulhara, 11,000 p. s. m., Strachey et Winterbottom. 



Var. lutescens; labio lobo medio nee prominente lateralibus suppari galea 



rarissime contorto in rostrum a basi subabrupte tenuius abeunti.— P. 

 ochroleuca Duthie in Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii, 790, t. 1, /. 5 {nee Schlosser) 

 (1888). 





In Himalaya oceidentali .-—Kamaon ; Darma, in valle Nipchang, 14—15 000 

 p. s. m.; in valle Dhauli prope Bidang, U— 15,000 p. s. m.; Byaus, ad Palang Gadh, 

 11-12,000 p. s. m.; et prope glaciem in Lebang, 14—15,000 p. s. m., Duthie! In Nepal 

 oceidentali; ex adverso pagi Budh nuncupati, 10—11,000 p. s. m. et ad Nampa Gadh, 

 12,000 p. s. m., Duthie ! 



Floret Julio-Septembre ; corolla var. ty pices concolor rosea, var. lutescentis tubo 

 labioque lacteo galea purpurea. 



Caulibus 5—15 cm. altis, radicibus 5—8 X 0*5 cm.; petiolis 3—12 cm. basi leviter 

 vaginato-dilatatis laminis lanceolatis 5—12 X 1—2-5 cm., rhachi dentatis (in specimine 



typim in valle Ralam a cl. Duthieo lecto rhachi late alatis), se°mentis 8—12 



mm 



pedicellis 5-9 mm., calyce 12— 14. X 5 mm., corolla* tubo 10 mm., galea parte basali 

 5 X 2*5 mm. parte antherigera 7—8*5 X 35 mm., rostro 6 mm. longo, labio 

 typica 25 mm. lato (lobo medio 7 mm. longo hoc 8 mm. lato) var. lutescentis 20 

 mm. lato (lobo medio 5 mm. longo hoe 8 mm. lato sa?pissime rotundato sed 



VAR. 



22 



in speci 



mm., 



mine ad glaciem Lebang a cl. Duthieo lecto emarginato-truncato) ; capsula 18 X 6 

 seminibus 1*75 mm. longis. 



Plate 7. A— D; figs. 1— 13.— Pedicularis macrantha Klotzsch. 



A— Specimen of var. typica, part of Dr. Hoffmeister's original gathering. 

 B ~~ » » » from near the Ralam glacier, Kamaon. 



»» » lutescens horn Bidang, in Dhauli Valley. 



D— Fruiting specimen of same gathering (Herb. Saharanpur). 



The characters by which the two varieties of this species are separated are not 

 at all reliable in other species of the genus, and probably will be found untenable her 



more material is available for study. The present description is based on the 

 examination of three specimens (two gatherings) of the typical plant, one specimen 

 Demg an original one which Dr. Garcke has kindly sent to Calcutta, and 17 

 (mostly m Herb. Saharanpur) of five separate gatherings of var. lutescens. 



It appears to be a local species, but Mr. Duthie informs me that it is abundant 



IT11TF he t ls T al8 ° that the two varieties grow side h ? side > and * ^ 



not occur to him m the field that they could be the same plant. 



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