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with it frequently, for he has collected it alongside of, and sent specimens mixed with, 

 gatherings of P. gracilis, P. alaschanica, P. mollis, and P. globifera. None of Dr. King's 



other collectors have met with it. 



There are neither roots nor capsules and the colour of the corolla is not noted, 

 but the flowering spikes are quite capable of description, and from the specimens it seems 

 as if the flowers had been purple. The species belongs to a group not represented in 

 India by another form; its nearest ally is P. semitorta Maxim. The diagnosis between 

 them is as follows: 



' bracts narrow, simple ; calyx not cleft anteriorly ; corolla throat edentulous; 



all filaments glabrous ; cor olla ( ?) p urple P. Oliver iana ; 



bracts triangular, 3-fid; calyx anteriorly cleft; corolla throat toothed; 



anterior filaments hirsute ; . corolla certainly yellow P. semitorta. 





22. Pedicularis brevifolia Don (1825). 



Elata pubescens vel glabra rhizomate brevissimo lignoso radicibus caespitosis fibrosis 

 caule gracili erecto terete simplice vel e basi ramoso foliis petiolatis radicalibus caespitosis 

 demum evanidis caulinis 2 — 4-natim verticillatis lanceolatis ovatisve pinnatisectis -partitisve 

 segmentis 7 — 9-jugis contiguis oblongis incisoserratis vel pinnatifidis floribus sessilibus 

 4-ternis verticillato-spicatis verticillis inferioribus distantibus bracteis foliaceis breviter 

 petiolatis summis confertis bracteis sessilibus calycis membraoacei breve campanulati 5-fidi 

 dente postico subulato integro reliquis oblongis cristato-serratis minore corollas tubo calyce 

 sesquilongiore labio 3-lobo lobis lateralibus ovatis medio orbiculare parum latioribus £alea 

 subinflata angulo recto incurva parte basali erecta tubo aequilata parte antherigera horizontal 

 in rostrum deflexo-porrectum a basi tenue apice obtuso emarginatum producta staminibus 

 ex adverso summi ovarii insertis filamentis glabris ovario ovato stigmate exserto capsula 

 ovata oblique acuminata calyce dimidio longiore seminibus ovoideis fulvis distincte reticu- 

 latis.— P. brevifolia Don, Prodr. Flor. Nepal. 94; Benth., Scroph. Ind. 53; Walp., Rep. iii, 411 ; 

 Benth., DC. Prodr. x, 561 ; Hook. /., Flor. Brit Ind. iv, 307.— P. lanigera Wall, Cat. 419 



[pro maxima parte) (1828). 



In Himalaya occidentali :— Kashmir, 11,000 p. s. m., Bellew ! Lahul, Jceschke ! Kamaon 

 ad Palansj Gadh, 11—12,000 p. s. m., Duthie ! Nepal :— ex adverso pagi Budhi, 10—11,000 

 p. s. m., Duthie! in Gosain Than, Wallich ! Julio-Augusto floret; corolla purpurea vel 



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> 



rosea. 



Cauhbus 12—30 cm. altis, radicibus 4 cm. longis, petiolis 0*5— 1 cm. laminis 2 cm. longis his 

 5— 1-25 cm. latis segmentis 3—4 X 1'5— 2 5 mm., pedicellis 0— 25 mm., calyce 6x3 mm., 

 corollae j;ubo 8 mm. longo galea parte basali 25 X 1-5 mm. parte antherigera 4 X 2-5 mm. 

 rostro 7—9 mm. longo labio 16 mm. lato, capsula 11 mm. longa hac 55 mm. lata, 

 seminibus 1*25 mm. longis his 075 mm. latis. 



Plate 26. A-C ; figs. 1— 7.-Pedicularis brevifolia Don. 



A— Specimen from Palang Gadh, Byaus (Duthie, n. 5837 in Herb. Saharanpur). 



**-" » )> Kashmir, with deeply 2-fid apex of beak. 



L ~~ » „ Lahul, with opposite leaves (Jaeschke, n. 235 in Herb. Calcutta). 



This account of P. brevifolia is based on the examination of 22 specimens. There are 

 two distinct forms assumed by the species : 



(a) "vera;" tall, erect, leaves 4-nate lanceolate pinnatipartite petioles for upper 

 leaves short for lower, spikes elongated in flower, whorls 3-5 cm. distant. This form 



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