KHYXCHOLOPILE. 



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In Burma superiore :-In collibus Shan nuncupatis; apud Pwehls, 4,000 p. a. m. et 



ad Tamakan, 4 000 p. s. m., Collett! In colle Maymyo, 4,000 p. s. u,, KingU merccnar. > 



In pratis humidis et in paludosis crescit. 



Novembre floret; corolla in speciminibus Collettianis punicea et alba in *pc li.aiiiim* 

 Jvingianis concolor rosea. 



Canlibus 9—30 cm. altis ramis systemate corymbiformi dispositis, rhizomate 2—5 

 longo radicibus 3 cm. longis fusiforrnibus fibrosisve, petiolis radici propioribus 05 



m 



1 



.i 



gis summis brevissimis vel 0, laminis foliorum miximorum <i x 15 cm 



m 



niorum 3 X 0*5 cm. floralium (suboequimagnorum ) 1-5 x 05 cm. segment is lJ— l/>jugU 

 2-5 X 4 mm. (in laminis inferioribus), pedicellis 0-2 mm., calyce 12 mm. longo 

 corollae tubo 20—25 mm. longo apice 6 mm. lato gale® parte basali 10 mm. h 

 hac 3*5 mm. lata parte antherigera 4 mm. longa antice deeliva labio 14—20 mm. Lit 

 capsula 12 mm. longa seminibus 1 mm. longis. 



Plate 14. B; figs. 9— 14.— Pedicularis corymbosa Prain. 



Specimen from Pwehla, Shan 1 1 ills (Collett n. 52). 



This species has been described from an examination of 15 specimens. This " pretty 

 little red and white Pedicularis" as General Collett has des« ribed it in his letters, is very 

 nearly allied to P. crenata Maxim., from which it differs in bein<j beukless and in having a 

 longer galea, a narrower lip, glabrous stamens and a cleft calyx. Among Indian spa 

 is, on the one hand, related to P. carnosa — between which species and this P. crenata standi 

 intermediate as regards corolla; and, on the other hand, to P. zeylanica— \\Wu\\ dim rg 

 mainly in having a much shorter corolla-tube and galea. P. corj/mhota stands, in fact 

 intermediate between P. crenata and P. zeylanica, and the four species (P. carnota, crenata 

 corymbosa, zeylanica} form an exceedingly natural serially disponed group. The Shan Hills 

 plant has stouter and firmer leaves than the Maymyo specimens, which preci ly rcjxat 

 the habit and foliage of Nepalese and Khasia examples of P. carnosa. 



The name "P. corymbosa" is, I find, already a synonym, having been applied by 

 M. Pallas to a plant which that botanist had already named M P. paniculata." Neither 

 of Pallas' names, Mr. Maximowicz informs me, will ever be received— on their authors 

 authority— since both the plants are simply states of P. euphraswides. 



ies 



39. Pedicularis zeylanica Benih. (1835). 



Humilis vel elata pubescens rhizomate tenui lignoso radicibus fasciculatis caule gracil 

 flexuoso polyphyllo saepissime ramoso foliis carnosis subsessilibus oblongo-lanceolati- 



obtusis basi attenuatis crenatis denticulatisque floribus subsessilibus axillaribus numerosis 



i 



dense racemosis Mis floralibus ad bracteas lanceolatas calyce duplo longiores r.ducti 



calycis puberuli vel glabri ovati 2-fidi antice ultra medium fissi segmentis ovatis integri* 



vel subcrista«s corolbe tubo sursum ampliato intus antice glandulose ciliato calycem 



dimidio superante labio 3-lobo lobis supparibus nunc omnibus obtusis nunc lateralibu 

 obtusis medio acuto rarius omnibus acutis galea nee inflata leviter arcuata parte basali 

 fauce tubi dimidio angustiore fere erecta et in partem anthengcram levUer .ncl.natam 

 angustiorem brevissimam subrostratam apicis margine crenatam contmuata stannmbus ex 

 adverse summi ovarii insertis filamentis omnibus ad insert.onem barbat.s superne glaber- 



rim is 



ovario ovato stigmate exserto capsula oblique ovata apice acum.nata parum 



seminibus 



v_^ 



borbiculatis distincte reticulatis.-P. zeylanica Ucnth., Scroph. ln<L 54 



Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, Vol. Ill 



