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BHYNCHOLOPH.E. 



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42. 



Pedicularis albiflora Prain (1889). 



Humilis csespitosa glaberrima rhizomate brevissimo lignoso radicibus caespitosis fusi- 

 formibus carnosis collo pluricauli squamis ovatis confertim vestito caulibus brevibus vel 

 subnullis glabris apbyllis foliis radicalibus numerosis caespitosis longe petiolatis oblongo- 



lanceolatis pinnatisectis 



gmentis 



5 



8-jugis 



ovatis distantib 



mucronato-dentatis 



floribus paucis breve pedicellatis sparsis vel subconfertis imis alternis summis suboppositis 

 bracteis calyce dimidio longioribus basi 



obcuneato vagiaato-dilatatis 3-sectis 



segmentis 



gustato ovatis pinuatifidis et mucronato-dentatis calycis cylindrico-carnpanulati 



fissi 5-dentati segmentis integris inaequalibus lanceolatis summo acuto reliquis 



petiolulo a 



antice vix 



obtusis corollas tubo calycem plus duplo superante prorsus angusfcato 



rotundatis 



labi( 

 lateralibus medio dimidio majoribus galea nee inflata arcuato 



3-lob 



lobis 



part 



£k 



basali erecta tubo aequilata parte antherig 

 porrectum apice 



falcata in rostrum conicum deflexo 



crenatum producta staminibus medio tubo insertis filamentis glaber 



imis ovano 



lanceolato stigmate subexserto 



P. albiflora Prain in Jc 



As. Soc. Beng 



Ivi 



Flor. Brit. Ind. iv, 31 



2 273. — P. aspleniifolia var. albiflora Hook. 

 In Himalaya orientali:— Sikkim; Kan-ko-la, Hooker; Kingii mercenar 



(1884) 



t 



Augusto floret; coroll 



> 



ex ill. Hooker o 



alba 



Caulib 

 laminis X'i 







8 cm., rhizomate 1 X 



> 



0*5 cm. radicibus 4 — 6 cm 



j 



petiol 



2 



4 cm 



i 



2 cm. X 0*5 cm. segmentis 4x2 mm., pedicellis 2—5 mm., bracteis 



1 



mm. X 10 mm 



> 



8 



10 mm. longo hoc 3*5 mm. lato, corollae tubo 20 



24 



mm. longo galea parte basali 5 X 

 mm. lonsro, labio 16 mm. lato. 



2 



mm. parte antherigera 6 X 2*75 mm. rostro 3*5 



Plate 17 



C, D ; figs. 9 



13 



Pedicularis albiflora Prain 



Specimens from Kan-kola, Sikkim. 



Of Indian species this is most nearly allied to P. odontophora, but differs by its 

 compressed rhizome, lanceolate leaves, distinct bracts, edentulous throat and glabrous 

 stamens. From its nearest ally (P. asplenifolia Floerke) it differs by its peculiar 3-sect 

 bracts, ovate leaf segments, calyx teeth all entire, corolla tube more than twice as long 

 and filaments all glabrous. In P. asplenifolia the bracts are foliar, the leaf segments 

 lanceolate, the calyx teeth all serrate, the corolla tube hardly longer than the calyx, 

 and the anterior filaments hirsute. It is allied, but much less closely, to P. Watliehii 



■ 



Bunge (P. asplenifolia of Wall., but not of Floerke), which differs in its few radical 

 leaves with many long lanceolate, in place of few short ovate, leaf scales, in its subin- 

 flated calyx and its filaments all hirsute. 



43. Pedicularis Wallichii Bunge (1843). 



Humilis glabra rhizomate incrassato verticali basi radicibus fusiformibus carnosis 



apice in ramis pluribus supra solum extrusis unicaulibus abeunti ramorum coll 

 lanceolatis vestitis caule simplice subnudo brevi foliis radicalibus paucis 



squamis 

 longe 



petiolatis caulinis 1 — 3 lineari-lanceolatis pinnatifidis segmentis 12 — 25-jugis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis crenato-serratis floribus paucis racemo 2— 5-floro distincte pedicellatis bracteis foliaceis 

 breve petiolatis crenatis calycis inflato-campanulati coriacei glaberrimi antice parum fissi 



s supparibus postico subintegro reliquis cristatis corollas 



5-dentati 



gmentis lanceolat 



