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Foliis oppositis ; filamentis anticis hirsutis : 



corollse tubo recto ; labio sessili : 



rostro conico apice emarginato ; foliis minimis 4-natira verticillatis . 4*. P. Omm. ean 

 rostro cylmdnco apice truncate et laciiiiato foliis lauoeolatis oppositis 



vel caulinis 



corolla tubo incurvo ; labio sossili ; rostro breve eonioo apioe truncate 

 mtegro; foliis 4-natim verticillatis . . . 



50. P. tchilOrrhynck* 



51. P. itmct «. 



31. Pedicularis furfuracea Wall. (18281 



Humilis vel elata glabra rhizomate brevigsiino vel pirum elongate r<-]>onto coll© 

 paucisquamato squamis lanceolatis membranaceis radicibui fibrosis c*-pitoeii tnbens 

 interspersis caulibus e basi iteruraque ramosM elongatis laxls ascendentibtn sparse foliatif 

 foliis radicalibus parvulis raox evanidis caulinis longe potiolatis lamims •lipoma 

 glaberrimis subtus furfuraceis oblongo-ovatis rotundatisvo pinnatifidil -partitigf© segment 

 5 — 6-jugis oblongis serrato-dentatis floribus laxo racemoais bracteis f liaceis brav< 

 pedicellatis calycis membranacei ovati glabri antice profunda figgi 6-dentati (nonnuwjuum 

 2-dentati rarius margine integri) segmentis sem])cr minimis integerrimi corolla* 

 tubo sursum late ampliato calycem vix excedonto labio 3-lobo lobig emargiuatis ovatis 

 lateralibus medio duplo latioribus galea angulo recto incurva inllata parte basal i ere< t 

 tubo dimidio angustiore fauce 2-sinuata parte autberigera horizontal! in roftrum porrcctuiu 

 apice bifidum segmentis oblique iterum emarginatis lobulis externis ovatis molto 

 majoribus abruptius producta staminibus ex adverso tammi ovarii insertis filane ntii 

 olaberrimis ovario lanceolato stigmate exserto capsul i august, lanceolata antice sinuata 

 apice acuminata calycem plus duplo excedente seminibus ovato-acutis nigris minutig*iri.< 

 reticulars.— P. furfuracea Wall, Cat 412; Benth., Seropk Lid. 54; Wdp^ Rep. iii, 415 J 

 Benth., DC. Prodr. x, 580; Hook. /., Flor. Brit lnd. iv, 31G; Maxim., Mel Biol xii, /. 3, 



50. 

 In Himalaya centrali : -Nepal : in Gossain Than, Wallich ! Scully I In Himalax . 



orientaii:— Sikkiin: Booker, Kurz ! Tonglo, 8— 10,000 p. s. m., Thomson ! Amlerxm! 

 Gamble! Phalloot, Thomson! Ze-lep-la, 9,500 p. s. m., Khe-dhen, Cho-le-la, Yeumtl » ong, 

 Chokka, prope Jongri, 14,000 p. s. m., Tiamphung, Min-zer-dara, Singalelah, 12,000 

 p s m Lingtoo, 12,000 p. s. m. (bis), Kingii mercenary I Yal i, 10,000 p. a. i , 

 Clarke 7 Chumbi : apud Rinchingong, in Pan-kn-la et ad Ku-poop, Kingli mercenar. ! 



Junio— Julio floret; corolla saspissime pallida pnnicea, nonnunqua.n alba, et nunc 

 punicea albo-punctata nunc alba puniceo-suffusa notatur. ^ _ 



Caulibus 6—45 cm. altis penna3 corvina3 crassitudme, radicibus o-12 cm. longis, 

 petiolis 1-5-3 cm. longis laminis 2-5 X 1-5-6 X 4 cm. segmentis fl ix 4-20 X 8 mm., 

 pedicellis 2-5 mm., calyce 6 mm. longo hoc 3 mm. lato corollas tubo 7-9 mm. longo 

 Ulea parte basali 35 X 2-5 mm. parte anthengera 5 X 3 mm. rostro 6 mm. longo labio 

 18 mm lato, capsula 15 mm. longa bac 4 mm. lata semimbus 2 mm. X 1 mm. 



Plate 16. A; figs. l-9.-Pedicularis furfuracea Wall 



Specimen from Gossain Than, Nepal (Wall, Cat n. 412 in Herb. Calcutta). 



This account is based on an examination of 95 specimens. The character derived 

 from the apex of the beak is very constant in this and in P. Panth»gu, the next specie.- 



Ann. Roy. But. Gard Calcutta, Vol. III. 



