CHOLOPH.E 



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tip of the 'beak for some time nestles in the terminal lobule of the 



later, owing to the twisting of the galea, the beak is averted from th 



Th. , corolla then soon falls ofl, and its caducous character r,nd,rs the apecie. ' aim J, 



p (fi 1 ), but 



d 1m>c 



Til f /*?■ f "' thG ^ being f ° r «»>thering corolla to p,^ *„u «„„ 

 gradually extruded by the ripening capsule before it finally i. blown 'or fall. away. It 

 is impossible to mistake this for any other species at present Known. 



45. Pedicularis lachnoglossa Hook. /. (1884). 



Elata glabriuscula rhizomate magnopen incraaaato \ rticali basi radicibua fusiformibu* 

 carnosis apice in ramis pluribus supra solum extr'usi- unicanlibus abeunti ramorum <• 11 

 et squamis propriis lanceolatis et petiolorum vaginis veterutn deusioimc \ titia caul* 

 simplice erecto stricto subnudo foliis radicalibus dense < spitoaia longo pefiolatia linaari 



lanceolatis pectinato-pinnatipartitis segmontis 40 — 60-jugia linearilnis acntis distantiluiH 

 cartilagineo-serrulatis caulinis 1—3 intervallo longo I parntis imo tantum petiole brrvi 



reliquis sessilibus bracteiformibus noribus distincte pedicellatis bracteis linen i Imn oarti- 

 lagineo-serratis inferioribus calyce longioribus racemis strictis laxifloria oalv g cvlindrico- 

 campanulati glabriusculi 5-fidi segmentis margine villoeia lanceolatin a me<li<> dtnticulatis 

 corollse tubo sursum fauce ipsa parum ampliato calycem parum sup* rante ot extra ilium 

 incurvo labio parvulo 3-partito lobis margine longiuaculo ciliatis ellipticis acutis laiwcpii- 

 magnis galea subinflata angulo subrecto incurva parte baaali glabra recta parte nntherigem 

 rufo-villosa fere horizontali in rostrum deflexo-porrectum rufo-villoKum apico integerrim 

 villo longissimo denso ornato producta staminibus medio inter summum ovarium et apice m 

 tubi insertis filamentis glaberrimis ovario oblongo lanceolato stigmate incluao oajisula 

 ovato-lanceolata sensim attenuata calyce plus dimidio longiore 8 minibus anguKte ovatii 

 griseo-ochraceis testa laxa perforato-reticulatis.-P. lacbnogl ,a Hook /., Flor. Brit. Ind. 



iv, 311; Maxim., Mel. Biol, xii, 837, t. 3,/. 55. 



In Himalaya orientali :— Sikkim ; in valle Laclien, 14,000 p. i. m., Boo r; D n- 

 kia-la 15,000 p. s. m., Kingii mercenar. ! Chumbi ;— Cho-le-la, Pat-zeda, Koo-map\a 



(bis), Kingii mercenar. ! Phari ;— Kingii mercenar 



Distrib. — Yunnan. 



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Julio-Augusto floret; corolla rubra, purpurea, vel, farina, aordide alba, 

 Caule 12—45 cm. alto, rhizomate cactoideo extus crustaceo 7—12 cm. longo hx> 

 1-5 cm. crasso, foliorum petiolis 3-10 cm. longis laminis 5-12 em. Kongia l-l t 

 ««.. latis segmentis 6 X 2 mm., pedicellis 5 mm. longis, racemis usque ad 20 cm. exknsi. 

 floribns 10-20 mm. remotis bracteis 15-25 mm longis calyce 10 mm longo 4 rum 

 lato corolla, tubo 12 mm. longo galea parte baaah N X 2 mm. parte anthengera 5 X , 

 mm. rostro 4 mm. longo labio 6 mm. longo hoc 4 mm. lato, capsula 16 mm. long, bat 

 6 mm. lata, seminibus 2'5 mm. longis 1 mm. latis 



Plate 12. A; figs. l-7.-Pedicularis lachnoglossa Hook. f. 



Specimen from 



Pat 



* t> 7 t 7»*,n la based on the examination of 35 specimens. Tha 



This account of P. kchno^a «■ b ^ d ° from Koo a (Herk 



corolla is usually red or purple ; m one ga then g h , » nj^ 



Cakutt. n. 618), it is noted in the field as amy y 



