OBTIIOJJEHYNCH.E. 



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oppositis ovato-oblongis pinnatisectis segment* 6-8-jugia ovato-lanceolatis pinnatifidis 

 lacinns serrate -d en tatia floribus axillaribus pedicellatis inferioribus distantibus 



summit 



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confertis bracteis petiolatis foliaceis calycis campanulati glabri antice triente tei 

 5-dentati segmentis integris summo subulato reliquis lanceolatis ovatis corolla? tulio 

 calyce parum longiore labio 3-lobo lobis rotundatis lateralibus medio duplo majoribut gal. .. 

 subinflata^ angulo recto incurva parte basali erecta tubo aquilata parte antheripwa U 

 horizontali in rostrum tenue deflexo-porrectum apice acuto integro product;, 8taininil>u> 

 medio tubo insertis filamentis anticis barbatis ovario ovato-lancoolato t»t inmate aerto 

 capsula recta lanceolata acuminata calyce dimidio longiore seminibus Ofoideis 

 nigrescentibus minute reticulatis.— P. tenuicaulis Train in Jour. As. Soc. Bcng. lviii, 

 2, 259. 



In Himalaya orientali :— Bijan, 12,000 p. s. m., Kingii mcrcenar. ! Clmmbi ; ad Tan-k la 

 et ad Pun-ka-bee-see-mo, Kingii mercenar. 



Julio et Augusto floret, corolla punicea. 



Caulibus 5 — 30 cm. altis rhizomate 1—2 cm. radicibus nunc fibrosis tuberig inter- 

 spersis 3 — 5 cm. longis nunc omnibus fusiformibus carnosis, potiolis radical ibua 8 en 

 longis caulinis 2 — 4 cm. floralibus 1 — 2 cm. laminis 3—8 X 1 cm. segmentis 3 — 5 X 

 2 — 3 mm., pedicellis 4—6 mm., calyce 75 mm. longo hoc 3 mm. lato, corollas tubo 

 8 — 9 mm. longo galea parte basali 4x2 mm. parte antherigera 5x25 nun. roatr< 

 5 mm. longo labio 11 mm. lato, capsula 10—13 mm. longa bac 4 mm. lata acminibut 

 1*5 mm. longis his 0*75 mm. latis. 



Plate 18. C— E; figs. 9— 16.— Pedicularis tenuicaulis Train. 



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C— Specimen from Tan-ka-la; "north of Ze-lep-la and at the ttmc elevation/ 



D — „ - , Pan-ka-bee-see-mo. 



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E— Fruiting specimen from Bijan, 12,000, on the Sikkim-Nepal frontier 



This account of P. tenuicaulis is based on an examination of 14 flowering and 30 

 fruiting specimens, many of the latter (all collected at the same time) having corolla* 



still attached 



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species was originally distributed from Calcutta as a variety of P. / 



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to which it is most nearly allied. The diagnosis is as follows 



Jyx teeth 



entire ; corolla tube only slightly longer than calyx ; beak 

 slightly deflexed, slender, acute, and entire at apex. • • • •• 

 calyx teeth crested, except npper ; corolla tube more than twioa as 



P, 



long as calyx ; beak straight, stouter ; apex obtuse emargmate . P. fi 



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is also closely related to P. chumbica, the d iagnosis being as follows 



calyx teeth entire ; corolla tube only slightly longer than calyx ; 



anterior filaments hirsute 



P. tenuicmli* ; 



ea.yx teeth .rrate, except the upper ; corolla tube thrice as long as 



calyx ; all filaments glabrous 



P. chumbica. 



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The calyx teeth are erroneously shown in the figured plant (Plate 18, C) as serrate 



true condition is that exhibited in the ana.yt.eal dtagram, 



Ann. Rot. Bot. Gakd. Calcutta, Vol. lit 



