142 



OKTHOKRHYXCELE. 



elongated corolla tube 



th 



Iy ch aracters wh 



P. porrecta finally differs fr 



P 



Us. These 



characters which 



other instance 



accorded 



any weight. S 



1 



owever, a very different reduction, viz. to P. brevifolia, has been proposed, it seems 

 better to allow P. porrecta to stand for the present. From P. brevifolia it is at once 



distinguished by its entire apex of beak 



and 



can 



be satisfactorily 



ded in that 



pecies 



From P. Heydei it differs by its ovate glab 



lea 



unequal calyx segments. 



and its much larg 



1 



with fewer segments, its- 



i 



P 



27 



Pedicularis oonfertiflora JPrain (1889) 



Humilis vel elata dense pubes 



rhizoroate brevi vel elongato lignoso radicibus- 



fibrosis caulibus gracilibus teretibus simplicibus vel e basi ramosis ramo centrali erecto 



reliq 



decumbentibus apice 



dentib 



foliis 



evanidis caul 



1- paribus oppositis vel subsessilibus 



dicalibus petiolatis csespitos 



ibus 



tisectis segmentis 5— 7-jugis ovatis 



ratis florib 



ovato-oblong 1 



\ mox 

 pinna- 



erticillastro imo 



quam 4-floro den 



breve pedicellatis oppositis vel 



confertis vel verticilio inferiore 



remoto bracteis 3-angularibus subfoliaceis 



3 



7-partitis laciniis sublinearibus basi inte» 



lquis- 



apice 



cristatis calycis membranacei hirsuti campanulati 5-secti dente postico deltoideo 

 integro reliquis lanceolatis apice cristatis breviore corollas tubo calyce fere duplo lon<nore 

 labio late cordato-ovato antice 3-lobo lobo medio orbiculato lateralibus late ovatis fauce 



m 



galeam sese tegentibus plus 3 -pi 



amplecteatibus et post 



recto incurva parte basali sursum leviter exten 



rostrum deflexo-porrectum a basi tenue apice obtuso 



minore galea subinflt 



?ra fere hor 



parte antherig 



angulo 

 tali in 



m 



ed 



tubo insertis filament 



glab 



integerrimo producta staminibus 



ovario ovato 



gmate 



exserto capsul 



obliq 



distincte reticulatis 



ovata mucronata calyce dimidio longiore seminibus ovoideis fulv 



P. confertiflora Prain, Jour. As. Soe. Beng. lviii, 2, 258. — P. brevifolia Herl. Ind. Or. H. f. 

 T. T. (spp. SiMimens.); Hoolz. /., Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 307 (pro parte, nee Dm) (1884). 



13 — 15,000 p. s. m., Hooker ! Chumbi ; ad Ree- 



In 



Himalaya 



ental 



Sikkim 



dongoong, prope Chumb 

 ad Ting, Kingii mercenar. 



et 



pud Ka-poop prope Ze-lep-la, Kingii mercenar. ! Phari 



f 



Junio 



Augusto floret; 



corolla rosea, vel tubo alba ceterum rosea. 



Caulibus 5—25 cm. altis, rhizomate 0—3 cm 



petiolis 1 — 3 cm. longis lamiais 1 — 3 X 0*5 



long 



radicibus 3 



2 



5 mm., calyce 7 X 3*5 mm., 



1 cm. segmentis 3 



corollae tubo 11 



mm. longo 



gal 



mm. parte antherigera 4 X 2*5 mm. rostro 7 mm. longo labio 16 mm. lato 



5 cm. longis, 



, pedicellis 

 parte basali 2-5 X 1*5 



5 X 2—4 mm 



mm. longa hac 5 mm. lata seminibus 1*25 mm. longis bis 0*75 mm 



psula 10 



1 



Plate 27 



A 



D 



figs. 1 



8 



Pedicularis confertifl 



P? 



Specimen from Ting. 



A 

 B 

 C 



D — Portion of central erect branch from 



Fruiting specimen from Sikkim (Herb. Ind. Or.). 

 Specimen from Ka-poop, near Ze-lep-la. 



gatherin 



a second specimen of the Ka-poop 



g- 



This account is founded on the dissection of flowers from 32 specimens 



The 



species imitates the habit 



and 



foliage 



of the Panjab-Himalavan form of 



P. brevifolia, and is the Sikkim plant included in P. brevifolia in the Flora of British India. 



