OBTHOBKHYXCII.E. 



141 



♦J, / , , ^ es are erron eous, inasmuch as the lithographer has 



them represent the beak shorter than in the drawings from which they were copied 



made 





26. Pedicularis porrecta Wall. (1828). 



Humilis glabra vel 2-3-fariani hirsuta rhizomate brev 



■pit i 



carnosis caulibus caespitosis simplicibus vel e basi ramosis foliii glabris rm ii, alibut 

 longe petiolatis caespitosis paucioribus mox evanidis caulinis 1—3 (snpiamno 2) -paribus 



ppositis inferioribus breve petiolatis summis sessilibus laminis oblong-, >vati* l.erb 



^«-UVUllS IK II H (IS 



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pinnatifidis -sectisve segmentis 6-8-jugis oblongis obtusis inciso-serratia floribus axiilarib^ 

 breve pedicellatis racemis paucifloris calycis oblongi coriacei ^aberrimi 5-dentati segmento 

 summo deltoideo integro vicinis triplo latioribus ovatis margine crenato-serrat i I imis summo 

 sequilatis apice cristatis corollas tubo calycem duplo superante labio suborbiculare antice 

 3-lobo lobis lateralibus ovatis medio rhomboideo-ovato duplo majoribus galea subinflatu 

 angulo recto incurva parte basali erecta tubo a>quilata parte antherigera h 

 rostrum deflexo-porrectum a basi tenue apice acuto intcgerrimo producta staminibus infr 

 apicem tubi insertis filamentis glabris ovario ovato stigmato exserto capsula 

 subacuminata vix obliqua calyce dimidio longiore eeminibus ovoidcis fulvis d 

 culatis.— P. porrecta Wall., Oat 423; Benth. t S<roph. Ind. 52; Walp., Hop. iii, 4H; 

 Benth., DC. Prodr. x, 561 ; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 307 ; Maxim., Jftt Biol, xii, 818. 



In Himalaya occidentali:— Kashmir, ad Shalum, Roylc I Kamaon, Wallich (Cat. n. 423)1 

 Laka, Edgeworth! Garhwal, King, (bis)! Kamaon; in vallo Ralam, 14 — 15,000 p. s. m., 

 Duthie (3226)! ad Palang Gadh in Byaus, supra Bhowani, 13 — 15,000 p. s. m. et prope 

 glaciem ad Lebang, 13 — 15,000 p. s. m., Duthie! In Himalaya oriental i :— Sikkim ; in 



Tang-ka-la, Kingii mercenar. I 



Disteib. — Yunnan. 



Caulibus 6—30 cm. altis, radicibus 5—6 cm. longis, petiolis radical ibus 1—2 cm. 

 laminis 1*5 — 2 X 0*75 cm. segmentis 3x2 mm.; pedicellis 0—6 mm., calyce 7 mm. longo, 

 corollas tubo 12—14 mm. longo galeae parte basali 3 X 1*5 mm. parte antherigera 3*5 X 2 mm. 

 rostro 7 mm. longo labio 10 mm. lato ; capsula 10 mm. longa seminibus 125 mm. longi.s. 



Plate 20. A— C; figs. 1—10.— Pedicularis porrecta Wall. 



A, figs. 1—3— Specimen from Kamaon (Wall., Cat. n. 423 in Herb. Calcutt.). 



B, figs. 4—7— >, „ Sikkim ; " Tang-ka-la north of Ze-lep-la at the 



same elevation." 



C, figs. 8 & 9— Specimen from Laka (collected by Edgeworth). 



Fig. 10— From Ralam valley. Specimen in Herb. Saharanpur. 



This account of P. porrecta is based on the dissection of flowers from 39 specimens. 

 In this species the leaves are always opposite and the bracts are always sessile, the 

 racemes always few (3-8) flowered, the corolla tube is elongated, the calyx and ' 



subcoriaceous, and the stamens are always inserted above the middle of the tube ; so that 



only extreme conditions of P. gracilis (which in its various forms exhibits now one, now 

 another, of these characters, but generally retains its paniculate!? racemose habit) arc hkely 

 to give trouble in diagnosis. In doubtful cases, however-so close » the relationship of 

 the two species-we have to rely on the facia due to its subconaceous texture and on the 



