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ORTHORRHY/NCH^E. 





23. 



Pedicularis instar Pra/» (1888). 





Elata vel nana pubesc 

 gracili erecto terete simplic* 



rhizomate brevisshno radicibus 



vel 



pitosis fibrosis caule 



e 



ba 



ramoso 



fol 



pitosis mox evanidis caulinis subsessilib 



2 



is minimis radicalibus longe petiol 

 4-natim verticillatis lanceolatis oblongi 



9-jugis contiguis brevissimis ovatis et minute serratis floribus 



pinnatilobis segmentis 7 



subsessilibus 4-ternis verticillato-spicatis verticillis inferioribus distantibus summis confert 



bracteis foliaceis 



iniis saepe foliis caul 



longioribus calycis herbacei campanulat 



5-dentati segmento postico integro reliquis cristato-serratis 



llae tubo ealv 



ce sesqui- 

 ngiore labio 3-partito lobis obovatis lateralibus medio parum angustioribus galea subinfiata 



gulo recto incurva parte basali erecta tubo aequilata parte anth 



D 



horizontal 



1 in 



rostrum deflexo-porrectum a basi tenue apice acuto 

 medio inter summum ovarium et tubi apicem inse 



integerrimo producta staminibu 



tis fila mentis glabris 



ovario ovat 



mucronato stigmate subexserto capsula ovata oblique acuminata calycem dimidio dupl 



perante seminibus 



deis ful 



distincte reticul 



Var. typ 



caule elato erecto stricto fol 



caulinis 4-natim verticillatis ovato 



oblongis sessilibus calyce late breve campanulato dentibus magnis ovatis 

 rostro labio manifeste breviore capsula late ovata calyce dimidio longiore, 



P. instar Prain in Maxim. Mel. Biol 

 Iviii, 2, 257. 



815, t. 2, /. 32 



Jour. As. Bog, Beng 



In Himalaya orientali : 



13,000 p. s. m., Kingii mercenar. j 



Sikkiin, Ong-la-thang, infra Kinchinjanga ; et in Pey-kiong-la, 



tr f 



Var. paradoxa 



bus saepius caespitosis nanis foliis caulinis lanceolatis 



rioribus brevissime peti 

 inferiore 3 



infe- 

 saepissime oppositis nonnunquam verticillo 



4-natim dispositis calyce angustiore oblongo rostro 



labio 



aequilongo capsula anguste 



paradoxa Prain, Jour. As. Sue. Beng. Iviii, 2, 257 



ovata calyce duplo long 



P. instar var. 



In Himalaya orientali: — Nepal orientali: ad Nia-pokri, 12,000 p. s. m. ; Jongri, ad 



Bijan 12,000 p. s. m., Kingii mercenar. i 



f 



Julio 



Augusto floret; corolla rubra. 



Caule var. typicce 20 — 50 cm. alto var. paradoxa? 2 — 8 cm., radicibus 3 



5 cm. longis, 



petiolis radicalibus 1 — 2 cm. laminis 0*75 

 paradoxa? vix 0*25 cm. latis segmentis 1 



1*5 cm. longis bis var. typica? 0*5 cm., 



VAR. 



mm. longis his 2 mm. latis; pedicellis 0*3 mm. 



j 



calyce var. typicw 5x4 mm. var. paradoxce 



galeae parte basali 2 mm. longa hac 1*5 mm. lata parte antherigera 4 X 



6*5 X 3 # 5 mm. corollae tubo 7 mm. long 



2*5 mm. rostro 



3*5 mm. Ion go var. paradoxa? 6 



7 mm. longo labio 10 mm. lato; capsula 



var. tppicw 3 



var. 1y picas 8 mm. longa hac 4*5 mm. lata var. paradoxce 12 mm. longa vix 3 mm. lata. 



Plate 26. 



E; figs. 8 



19. 



Pedicularis instar Prain. 



E 



Specimen of var. typica from Ong-la-thang, Jongri. 



,, „ paradoxa from Nia-pokri, Jongri. 





This account is based 



r 



examination of 15 specimens of var. typica and 58 spec 



mens of vau. paradoxa. The most 



form of which var. typica closely resembles; the dia 



ly allied species is P. brevifolia, the Kamaon-Nepal 



c 



has b 



already give 





