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Plate 25. A, B; figs. 1-12. -Pedicularis alaschanica Maxim. 



A 



Specimen of var. typka from Phari (Lama Ujyen Gyatsko n. 45 \ 



** )> j> tibetica from Do-tho. 



This account of P. alaschanica is, as regards var. t :/ pi ca , based on the aau.in.tioa 

 of one Chinese specimen (E. Kansu, Potanin; 1885, kindly sent by .Mr. Maximo*,.-*) 



and 10 specimens from Phari-all gathered by the Lama Ujyen Gvat.ko. Mr. Ma. 

 mowicz describes the filaments as glabrous in the Alnschan specimens, but in the Chmete 

 one and in all those from Phari, of both varieties, the anterior lihnneiito at I hirsute. 



The specimens, of which one has been ligured, hero treated as example of var. typica 

 are, as regards calyx, clearly referable to that fariety, but an regards beak un 

 intermediate between the two varieties recognised by Maximo wicz. With a more exten- 

 sive suite of specimens from Southern Tibet, it may become noceisary to merge the 

 varieties in one. The species has no near Indian ally, the nearest species being the 

 Siberian P. myriophylla, the Chinese P. curvituba, and the Japanese P. Chaminonis. 

 Of var. tibetica proper I have examined 6 specimens, all of one gathering. 



§ Bidemat.e Maxim. 



Folia opposita vel verticillata : 



galea infra apicem utrinque 3-dentata 52. P. lyrata 



galea infra apicem utrinque 1-dentata : 



filamentis anticis hirsutis, foliis subsessilibus neo bati connafig £3. P. comptonimfol 



lilamentis omnibus hirsutis foliis bracteisque basi in vaginas per- 



foliatas connatis 



54. J ex. 



Folia sparsa, galea infra apicem 1-dentata, filamentis anticis hirsutis . . 55. P. dolichorrhiza. 



52. Pedicularis lyrata Prain (1888). 



Humilis subacaulis pubescens simplex vel pluriceps rhizomate tenui lignoto radicib 

 fibrosis ramosis foliis oppositis subcordato-ovatis obtusis grandicrenatis denticulatiacj 

 adicalibus breve petiolatis caulinis subsessilibus floribus laxe racemosis breve p 



bracteis foliaceis basi dilatatis sessilibus calycis tubulosi hirsuti profunde -d ntati 

 gmentis summo subulato integro reliquis e basi angustiore integra breve ellipt 



parce dentatis corolla tubo recto sursum parum ampliato intus glandulose ciliato 

 calycem dimidio superante labio 2-plicato antice 3-lobo lobis suba>quilatis rotundatis 



crenulatis medio prominulo emarginato galea arcuate incurva parte basal : 



margin e 



erecta parte antherigera subfalcata apice angulatim cucullata deorsum breve product, et 

 infra apicem segmentis utrinque 3-dentatis bifida dente inferiore tubulate rehqu.s dclto.dei. 

 staminibus ex adverse summi ovarii insertis filamentis glabris ovano lanceolato acu.o 

 stigmate ineluso disco antice ovoideo incrassato capsula oblongo-lanceolata acuta caly 



fere duplo 



seminibus parvulis ovoideis testa rubro-fuseis distincte reticulat 



P. lyrata Prain, Maxim, Mel Biol xii, 900, t 4, /. 135; Jour. As. Soc. Beny 



lviii, 2, 265 



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