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The diagnosis has been already given under P. brevifolia. But it equally closely resem 

 Dies in habit P. tenuieaulis, from which the diagnosis is effected by the stamens be 



all glabrous in P. confertiflom while the anterior filaments are hirsute in P. Umicmlk • 

 P. tenmcavlis, moreover, has very different capsule and seeds. P. ckmbica, another specie 

 that resembles this and agrees with it in having glabrous stamens, is diagnosed by its 

 much elongated corolla tube, its lanceolate capsule, and its filaments inserted at different 

 levels within the corolla tube. 



28. Pedicularis flexuosa Honk. f. (1884). 



Humilis vel elata pilosa rhizomato lignoso radicibus c;< -spitons fibrosis catilibu* 

 numerosis simpllcibus vel e basi ramosis ascendentibus foliis caulequo spai>o pilis crifpis 

 aspersis petiolatis radicalibus caespitosis caulinis oppositis ovato-oblom:i$ pinnuti 

 partitis rhachi dentatis segmentis 8 — 14-jugis oblongis pinnatifidis -sectisvc laciniia rerratis 

 floribus axillaribus pedicellatis inferioribus distantibus summis confertis bracteis foli;ic<is 

 petiolatis calycis cylindrico-campanulati hirsuti antice triento fissi 5-dcnt iti segment 

 summo deltoideo integro reliquis cristato-dentatis ellipticis imis duolms summ D 

 sequilongo lateralibus duplo brevioribus corolla? tubo extus leviter pubcrulo cal) 



duplo longiore labio ovato-rotundato antice 3-lobo lobis lateralibus medio plus duplo 

 majoribus galea sub-inflata arcuato-incurva parte basali en-eta parte antherigera leviter 

 falcata in rostrum robustum porrectum horizontalem apico obtuso pariim emarginato 

 producta staminibus medio inter summum ovarium et apicem tuhi insertis filam. -ntis 

 anticis hirsutis ovario lanceolato stigmate exserto capsula ovato-lanceolata acuminata 

 lyce triente longiore seminibus ovatis testa nigris minutissime reticulars.— 1\ flexuosa 



Hook. /„ Flor. Brit, lad. iv, 308; Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii, 820, t. 2, /. 3 



In Himalaya orientali:— Sikkini, 10— 13,000 p. s. m., Hooker (Herb. lnd. Or.) I Moi. 

 Lepcha, 11,000 p. s. m. Thomson! Jongri, 13-15,000 p. s. m. Anderson! Singalelah, 

 11,000 p. s. m. et Jongri, 12,000 p. s. m. Clarke! Jongri, 14,000 p. s. m. Walt! Kotehyu- 

 rong, 15,000 p. s. m.; Tha-moo-tsa, prope Jongri, 12,000 p. s. m.; Beeroom, 13,00" 

 p. s. m.; Natong; Lamteng, 8,800 p. s. m., Kingii mercenar.! Chunibi .— ad Rin-chin-gong, 

 Kingii mercenar. ! 



Junio, Julio, et Augusto floret; corolla purpurea. 



Caulibus 8—30 cm. altis, rhizomate 2—5 cm. longo radicibus 5-12 cm. longis, 

 petiolis radicalibus 3—6 cm. longis caulinis Ifi cm. floralibus *-l cm. laminis 

 maximiso X 25 cm. segmentis 10 X 6 mm., pedicellis 4—6 mm., calyco 8-9 mm. longo 

 hoc 4 mm. lato, corolla, tubo 18-22 mm. longo galea parte basali 4 x 2*5 mm. 

 parte antherigera 5x3 mm. rostro 6 mm. longo labio 12 mm. lato, capsula 9-12 mm. 

 longa seminibus 1*5 mm. longis 0*75 mm. latis. 



Plate 18. A, B; figs. 1—8.— Pedicularis flexuosa Hook. f. 



A-Specimen from Sikkim (Herb. Ind. Or. n. 5). 

 B— .Fruiting specimen from Jongri. 



_s account is based on an examination of 31 flowering and 17 fruiting specimen* 

 „nd on the analyses of 57 corollas. In his very accurate descnpt.on Mr. Max.mowK* states 

 that he has found the filaments inserted at the apex of the tube. A considerable number 



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